" Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Irish law currently permits abortion only
where the life of the pregnant woman is at risk. Since 1983, the 8th Amendment to the …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The provision of the Irish Constitution that guarantees “the unborn” a right to life equal to that
of a pregnant woman has consequences for access to abortion and the care of women in …

Abortion is illegal in almost every circumstance in Ireland, making it the only democracy in
the western world to have such a constitutional ban. Between 1980 and 2015, at least …

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 …

Abstract The Irish Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act seeks to clarify the legal ground
for abortion in cases of risk to life, and to create procedures to regulate women's access to …