The Irish Sea is the body of water which stands between the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. For many, this sea is a channel to be crossed to go on holiday or to visit family. But, for the hundreds of thousands of women who have crossed this sea to get an abortion, this stretch…

In April, a 21-year-old woman from Northern Ireland was given a three-month jail sentence for committing a crime considered heinous in her country. It was a relatively light sentence—under the law, she could have been condemned to life in prison. Strangely, the punishment was handed down for an action considered legal throughout the rest of…

A group of Manx women are fighting for their right to choose to terminate unwanted pregnancies. The Campaign for Abortion Law Modernisation (Calm) wants to bring Manx law in line with the UK. The Termination of Pregnancy (Medical Defences) Act is up for review in the next parliament, and the feeling on the Rock (as…

A man who used a Catholic anti-abortion agency to try to illegally adopt a baby almost 20 years ago is connected to a string of new agencies operating across Ireland and the UK under a different name, The Times can reveal.

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“I have just recently come out of an abusive relationship. I have found out that I am now 7 weeks pregnant and in need of an abortion. I am out of my mind with worries as if I continue with the pregnancy my ex will come back and I can’t go through all the mental…

“First of all, women already struggle to get abortions because it costs up to £2,000 to travel to England and pay privately,” Clarke says. “If there is any hardening of borders, then this will cause problems.”

“Currently, we already hear from a good size of Irish women who don’t have passports. A few airlines insist on passports, but others allow alternative forms of photo ID,” Clarke told Mashable. Clarke says that if passports are required to enter the UK, this means women will incur further cost and further delays to this already…

The claim about abortion not being something that women want is undermined by the fact that, even in countries where abortion is illegal, women go to great lengths to access terminations. Mara Clarke, CEO of the Abortion Support Network, has spoken of women who contact her charity, which provides funds to women from Ireland and…

“That Ireland punishes women and couples whose much wanted pregnancies are diagnosed with fatal foetal anomalies is nothing short of barbaric and it comes as no surprise that the UN agrees. “Let’s hope the Irish government ends its emotional and financial punishment of people who chose to terminate non viable pregnancies by allowing them to…