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“‘Every bit of research shows that banning abortion doesn’t stop it; it just stops safe abortion for poor women. Because women with money have the ability to travel, and women without money don’t. And that’s just not fair.”

“Whatever your belief, I don’t think it’s right you feel you have the right to stand in front of somebody and scream at them, insult them, call them a murderer – or, as is often the case, to give them information that is medically incorrect,” she said.

Clarke explained to me that ASN has seen a small decrease in the number of people contacting the network since the ban’s repeal. Another positive change is that when Irish women call the helpline these days, she said, “they are often much less apologetic than they used to be, more confident and more direct in…

Six months after terminations were legalised in the Republic of Ireland, Anna Silverman finds out why women feel the ‘revolution’ wasn’t nearly enough…

Malta is among the last European countries to have a total abortion ban in all circumstances. MARA CLARKE, founder of Abortion Support Network, argues that banning abortion doesn’t save babies… it just drives poor people to desperation

Having to do it alone — that was what Claire found the hardest about having an abortion. She couldn’t tell her family for fear of the shame and stigma, she had yet to make any close friends in her new town, and she absolutely couldn’t tell her GP, because there was a good chance the…

“Pregnant women who can travel, do. Those who can’t are forced to continue unwanted pregnancies, opt to take safe but illegal early medical abortion pills, or, fearful of criminal prosecution if caught taking pills, do more dangerous things to attempt to self-abort”.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   UK Department of Health abortion statistics show that no matter the law, people still travel for abortion. Abortion Support Network believes even one person is too many.   13 June 2019   2018 Department of Health numbers shows an increase in numbers travelling from Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man…

Pro-choice groups have warned that women in Malta are being targeted with “deception and intimidation” to prevent them from accessing legal abortion care overseas.