Abortion Support Network (ASN) is proud to celebrate 15 years of providing critical assistance to people across Europe in accessing safe abortions. Since our founding in 2009, ASN has grown from a small operation into a network of over 50 dedicated volunteers. Together, we continue to work tirelessly to help those in need of financial…

21st June 2022 60% of all clients giving a foreign address at abortion services in England and Wales last year came from the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland  ASN remains concerned that restrictive provision in Ireland is leaving women behind  Abortion Working Group writes to Irish Health Minister calling for serious reform of services …

Abortion Support Network Press Release                                     12 June 2014   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Fewer women travelling from Ireland to get abortions? Look behind the statistics   Ireland’s abortion laws continue to harm women     The 2013 abortion statistics published by the Department of Health today show a reduction in the number of women…

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   12 March 2013    Abortion Support Network Director shortlisted for UK Sexual Health Awards ASN Director Mara Clarke has been shortlisted for the UK Sexual Health Professional of the Year in the UK Sexual Health Awards   The UK Sexual Health Awards are hosted by sexual health charities Brook and…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5 July 2012 Contact: Mara Clarke, +44 (0) 7913 353 530, [email protected] While official statistics report a slight decrease in numbers of women travelling to access abortions, calls to Abortion Support Network (ASN) from women in financial distress continue to rise exponentially. ASN urges support for and participation in the All Ireland…

Every year, over 4,000 women are forced to travel to England from Ireland to access a safe and legal abortion (this does not include those coming over from Northern Ireland – i.e. 1,101 in 2010). But now pressure is mounting on Ireland to legislate on abortion following last December’s European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)…

Abortion Support Network is deeply concerned to learn of the government’s latest decision to appoint anti-choice organisation “Life” to join its advisory group on sexual health. We believe it is ill-advised and could set back women’s abortion rights back by decades. Abortion Support Network provides confidential, non-judgemental information, accommodation and financial support to women from…

The latest abortion statistics published by the Department of Health today show a marginal reduction in the number of women from Ireland and Northern Ireland travelling to England to access a safe and legal abortion. While this may be the case, Abortion Support Network, which provides financial assistance, accommodation and confidential, non-judgemental information to women…