Background In 2018, the right to lawful abortion in the Republic of Ireland significantly
expanded, and service provision commenced on 1 January, 2019. Community provision of …

" Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Irish law currently permits abortion only
where the life of the pregnant woman is at risk. Since 1983, the 8th Amendment to the …

The Republic of Ireland has some of the most restrictive abortion legislation in the world
which grants to the 'unborn'an equal right to life to that of the pregnant woman. This article …

This article examines how the physician advocacy organization Doctors for Choice
articulated a collective pro-choice “medical voice” over the course of sixteen years. This …

ABSTRACT On 28 October 2012, Savita Halappanavar, an Indian woman living in Ireland,
died in hospital while under medical care for a miscarrying pregnancy. According to her …

This article explores the vulnerability that is created when legal capacity is denied to women
and disabled women. It argues that vulnerability is largely contingent on social constructs …

Drawing on three select case studies and feminist engagements with mobility studies, I
illustrate the Irish state's use of a dialectic of gendered and racialized citizenship, and …

Abortion is an issue that exposes deep divisions in Irish society and this was apparent
during the debates on the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013. This introduced a …

This article focuses on access to early medical abortion care under Section 12 of the Health
(Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, in Ireland and identifies existing barriers …

Objective To describe successes and highlight remaining challenges in the establishment of
hospital-based abortion services after legal change in the Republic of Ireland. Methods We …