However the fact remains that, however good the system is, it isn’t a fix for Northern Ireland’s abortion laws. Mara Clarke, director of the Abortion Support Network (which provides financial assistance to women in need of abortions) puts it best when she says that “this, like the services provided by ASN, is a sticking plaster.…

This is a major step but it is not a solution. As Mara Clarke, director of the Abortion Support Network, which provides financial assistance to women in need of abortions, has said, it is a ‘sticking plaster.’ And the wound runs deep and wide.

The announcement came shortly after the Government announced their deal with Northern Ireland’s DUP. In the wake of this, Labour MP Stella Creasy put forward a motion in June to allow women from Northern Ireland to access abortion services for free in the rest of the UK. Pre-empting a vote in the Commons, the Chancellor,…

Northern Ireland is the only country in the UK where abortion is illegal. The plan will ensure that abortion is free for women travelling from Northern Ireland at the point of delivery, rather than being paid for beforehand and then being reimbursed. It will also cover travel and accommodation costs for women on low incomes.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23/10/2017   Pro-choice campaigners welcome British government’s pledge to fund abortions for women from Northern Ireland A government scheme to provide free abortion services in England for women travelling from Northern Ireland is today welcomed by the London-Irish Abortion Rights Campaign, Abortion Support Network, Alliance for Choice, Amnesty International UK, the Family…

‘People are like, “Ryanair’s still cheap”,’ Mara said. ‘But you know what? Women can’t plan their unplanned pregnancies around fare sales.’

‘Abortion Support Network helped clients access abortions during the Icelandic volcano when there were zero flights, and many of our clients can’t fly Ryanair in the first place as Ryanair will only accept a passport as ID. Is it a pain? Yes. But hardly a blip for us. The fear of having your flight cancelled…

“It’s not politics, it’s patriarchy. Many call us and say they were against abortions until their daughter or herself became involuntarily pregnant. We must get this attitude out of our heads!”

The club night at The Yard in Hackney Wick raises money and awareness for Abortion Support Network, who assist people from Ireland and Northern Ireland in traveling to access a safe and legal abortion

Since you became the head of this country, Taoiseach, over 1,000 women have left Ireland for an abortion. So don’t tell us that we’re not ready.