Engaging Policymakers
United Nations: Ireland Must Expand Access To Safe And Legal Abortion Services
United Nations: Ireland Must Expand Access To Safe And Legal Abortion Services (PRESS RELEASE) A United Nations (U.N.) Committee has ordered Ireland to amend its law and constitution to legalize abortion services for pregnant women facing serious threats to their health, as well as in cases of rape, incest, and fatal fetal impairment. In its […]
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Abandoned and Stigmatized: The Impact of the Irish Abortion Law on Women
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Nigerian Kidnappings: Where’s the U.S.?
Nigerian Kidnappings: Where’s the U.S.? https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/FeaturedStoryNigeria_May7.jpg A provocative blog post at Ms. Magazine this week addresses some tough questions around the abduction and sexual enslavement of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls. Why hasn’t there been more meaningful coverage in the U.S. press? Does it have to do with attitudes in our own country regarding our protection of reproductive rights and how we […]
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Fighting for Women in Ireland
Fighting for Women in Ireland https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_ireland_6.13.13.jpg On Nov 13, the Center for Reproductive Rights joined with the Irish organization Doctors for Choice to stand with three women who were forced to leave the country to terminate pregnancies that had no chance of survival and posed health risks. The Irish Times interviewed one of the women […]
Fact Sheet: A, B and C v. Ireland
In 2005, three women challenged the Irish law on abortion after being forced to travel abroad to obtain an abortion. The Irish law currently only allows abortion when a woman’s life is in danger, and this exception is vague and difficult to interpret. The three women, Applicants A, B, and C, argued that the law […]
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Ireland’s Law a Modest Step Forward
Ireland’s Law a Modest Step Forward https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_ireland_6.13.13.jpg Technically, abortion has been legal in Ireland for two decades, but under extremely narrow circumstances. In practical terms, though, legal exceptions to a near total ban on abortion were either unclear or disregarded or both. Many women were denied legal health services as a result, sometimes with tragic […]
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Uphill Battle for Ireland’s New Abortion Law
Uphill Battle for Ireland’s New Abortion Law https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_FS_irishflag.jpg The death of Savita Halappanavar in Galway, Ireland, last October created a national uproar in the country, and a call for greater clarity around a longstanding Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion when a woman’s life is at risk. More than 20 years have passed since that […]
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Ireland’s Abortion Law: Lives At Risk
Ireland’s Abortion Law: Lives At Risk https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_FS_ireland_3.jpg Last month, Savita Halapannavar arrived at Galway Hospital 17 weeks into her pregnancy and suffering from severe back pains. Doctors informed her that she was having a miscarriage, and then, over a three-day period, denied her repeated requests to terminate her pregnancy as her condition worsened. The doctors told her […]
U.N. Committee against Torture: Ireland Must Ensure Access to Lawful Abortion
In May, the U.N. Committee against Torture reviewed the Republic of Ireland’s initial periodic report. The Committee’s concluding observations reiterated the European Court for Human Rights’ concerns expressed in its judgment in the case of A, B, and C v. Ireland , to which the Center for Reproductive Rights, and their partner, submitted a friend-of-the-court brief. […]