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New Statesman: A government that includes the DUP is profoundly bad news for women
The DUP is a deeply socially conservative party, and has consistently blocked both the extension of equal marriage to Northern Ireland and the roll-out of the 1967 Abortion Act. While abortion is still criminalised throughout the UK under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, the 1967 Act allows for terminations to be legal, under…
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Irish Post: ‘Abortion was never really an option. Most people didn’t have passports, let alone money to go abroad’
I grew up on a council estate. I’m very proud of my background. But it also means that I’ve seen first-hand how the Eighth Amendment has impacted the most vulnerable in Irish society.
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Vice: Doctors Lock Irish Girl in a Psychiatric Unit Because She Wanted an Abortion
The unnamed girl approached her doctor in Ireland for an abortion. She found herself sectioned under the Mental Health Act instead.
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The Last Mixtape: Mac Demarco, Slow Skies, Squarehead & More contribute to Paper Trail’s ‘Choice’ Compilation in aid of the Abortion Support Network
Entitled Choice, the compilation will raise funds for The Abortion Support Network and features unreleased outtakes from the likes of Mac Demarco, LVL UP, Nap Eyes (listed as CLBCLB) and Priests. As well as tracks from Hot Cops, Slow Skies, Squarehead, Oh Boland and more.
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Vice: These Keanu Reeves Abortion Rights Memes Are Most Excellent, Dude
Ordinarily I’m allergic to people running marathons for good causes—even if it’s in support of an abortion rights charity. But Linda Kavanagh, a 37-year-old graphic designer from Ireland, is one fundraiser I can get on board with. She’s running the Dublin mini-marathon on June 5 in support of Abortion Support Network, which provides support to…
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Little Atoms: These volunteers help Irish women access abortions in Britain
Ruby Lescott has had several Irish women she’s never met stay in her south London home. This isn’t Air BnB: Ruby is a volunteer with the Abortion Support Network, a group that helps Irish women who travel to England in order to end unwanted pregnancies.
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Irish Post: ‘Abortion is no joke’ – Hundreds join Irish comedians in London to send a message to Ireland
‘DOWN with this sort of thing’. That was the message being sent to Ireland from London last night as over 400 people gathered for a comedy night with a difference. Father Ted creator Graham Linehan, as well as comedians Aisling Bea and Sara Pascoe, was among those who took to the stage at the London Irish…
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Belfast Telegraph: Online appeal raises £6k for women to get abortions in England
An abortion support group has raised over £6,000 as part of an “emergency appeal” after PSNI raids connected to the illegal purchase of abortion pills online. The money, which is being raised through a JustGiving page, is intended to enable women from Northern Ireland and the Republic to access abortion services in England.
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Buzzfeed: Northern Ireland Abortion Pill Raids: “Women Will Take Drastic Measures,” Campaigners Say
Vulnerable women will be left to “suffer in silence and fear” following a police crackdown on the illegal purchase of abortion pills in Northern Ireland, campaigners have said.
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Marie Claire: Meet the pro-choice crusader changing the lives of women
Mara Clarke founded the Abortion Support Network, which provides non-judgemental advice, financial assistance and accommodation to women travelling from Ireland and the Isle of Man to access safe terminations. Marie Claire’s Hilal Seven hears her story



