Mara Clarke spoke to Ray D’Arcy on his Today FM show on 4th May 2010. Download the interview. Our thanks to Today FM for permission to re-publish this interview.

The Abortion Support Network’s Mara Clarke recently spoke to Orla Barry of News Talk Radio in Dublin. Orla begins by interviewing a woman who has travelled to the UK for an abortion, as well as to women who work at the Calthorpe Clinic in Birmingham. Listen to the interview here: http://www.newstalk.ie/uncategorized/the-abortion-files/

The Abortion Support Network was featured in Time Out’s January 14-20 2010 issue (Issue 13), in an article entitled, “London – abortion capital of Ireland”. Our thanks to Time Out for permission to republish. Read the PDF of the article – London – abortion capital of Ireland (Time Out).

ASN is featured in this blog, with Mara Clarke interviewed on the beginnings of ASN, her motivations for founding the network and plans for ASN’s future.

This article reviews Ann Rossiter’s book ‘Ireland’s Hidden Diaspora’, telling the story of the Irish Women’s Abortion Support Group (IWASG) that existed in London in the 1980s and 1990s, providing practical support to women travelling from Ireland for abortions. Referring to ASN, the review highlights that once more, feminists are mobilising again to support women…