"Over the 20 years since 1983, we know that 100,000 Irish women have had to travel to England for abortions. Women with crisis pregnancies are continuing to travel every day of the week. But while we have gone through five different referendums, nothing has changed for them. It is time for us to recognise the real needs of women and change the law"
Pro-choice campaign calls for
safe, free, legal abortion
6217 women who gave addresses in Ireland had an abortion in Britain
last year, according to recently released British abortion
statistics. This means that at least 17 Irish women go to Britain for
an abortion every day.
This is a listing of external links to various sources that explain some of the history of the struggle for reproductive rights in Ireland.
"If I had a pound for every fundraiser I worked on to help working class women go to England for an abortion, I'd be a rich woman. Taking children into our homes for the duration of the visit - pretending that Mammy was gone to a funeral; holding pub quizzes, and running limited draws, as well as running sales of work and raffles under weird and wonderful names to preserve anonymity. Almost every other week. It's bad enough for those who can afford to travel, but for poorer women it's hell. It 's time those who claim to represent us to get a grip on reality and take steps to end this nightmare" - Cathleen O'Neill
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