“I’m not ashamed I had an abortion, but to come home to a country that thought I was a criminal… I was devastated.”

“In our time of need this country turned its back on us.”

London Irish Abortion Rights Campaigners will be hosting a comedy evening in the London Irish Centre this March. The night will feature comedy from Graham Linehan, Sara Pascoe, Aisling Bea, Eleanor Tiernan, Gráinne Maguire, Jarlath Regan, Nish Kumar, Stuart Black, Wendy Wason.

So, if I were a member of the Assembly I would be frustrated. I thus thought it might be useful, as I have read many of the submissions uploaded so far, to suggest a selection that I might read if I were a member, in order to acquire a fuller picture of the kinds of…

Abortion is illegal on the Isle of Man unless carried out after a criminal offence or on mental health grounds. Will this change during the next Parliament?

Women in the Isle of Man should have the same abortion rights as those in England, Scotland and Wales, a Member of the House of Keys (MHK) says. Fewer than 10 terminations happen each year on the island because, in most circumstances, its laws prohibit them. As a result, an estimated 100 women a year…

A pro-choice campaigner says she fears Precious Life may have used her name in a controversial petition to oppose abortion in the event of fatal foetal abnormality.

Through The Funding Frontier campaign, the charity is seeking to raise £7,000 towards the fundraiser position, which it says has become necessary to help it meet rising demand for the charity’s services and to enable the charity to grow, with £10,500 already donated by supporters. It is offering a number of rewards in return for donations…

This is the true cost of criminalising abortion. Many women will be able to get around the law. These women have friends and family who are supportive, or jobs that mean they can fund themselves. Others will risk imprisonment and take safe but illegal early medical abortion pills. Some will be pointed towards the Abortion…

Irish regulators are seizing an increasing number of abortion pills entering the country, denying thousands of women access to basic reproductive care. Exclusive figures obtained by Broadly under the Freedom of Information Act from the Republic of Ireland’s Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) demonstrate the extent of the country’s war on women.