Press Releases

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 … Continued

  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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

Abortion Support Network is extremely disappointed with today’s ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in relation to the challenge to Ireland’s abortion ban by three women who underwent considerable hardship and trauma by being forced to travel to … Continued

Support provided to women living in Ireland forced to travel for abortions ‘Words cannot express how much you have helped me.’ –Mother of three, pregnant as a result of rape Abortion Support Network (ASN) has been up and running for … Continued