Anyone with even a passing interest in the politics of reproductive rights will know that
abortion is a serious flashpoint in Irish politics. For decades, the questions of whether, how …

This short reflection presents a personal account of the process and outcome, the
achievements and disappointments of legislative reform following the Irish referendum to …

Abstract In May 2018, the Irish electorate voted to remove from the Constitution one of the
most restrictive abortion bans in the world. This referendum followed 35 years of legal cases …

Ireland has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world. Abortion has been
criminalised since 1861, and the passage of the 8th Amendment in 1983 introduced 'the …

Irish legislative engagement with abortion law reform has never been framed by recognition
of the rights of pregnant women, girls and other people. Rather, where it has taken place at …

In 1983, voters inserted the Eighth Amendment into Ireland's constitution, equating the right
to life of a fetus with that of a pregnant person. Hundreds of thousands of women were …

In 2018, Ireland voted to remove its constitutional ban on abortion in almost all
circumstances. This overturned a previous decision by referendum to institute such a ban in …

Abortion has been a criminal offence in Ireland since the 1861 Offences against the Person
Act, an act passed while Ireland was still part of the British empire (see Chapter 7). Under …

The lack of a clear and accessible law specifically outlining when abortion is legal in
Northern Ireland has led to confusion and misinformation among the public, health …

Two thirds of the Irish electorate voted in 2018 to repeal the 8th Amendment to the
constitution–a century after women first achieved the right to vote. The process of …