" 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 …

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 …

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 …

This article explores the context within which abortion law and discourse in Northern Ireland
must be situated and understood, relying in part on post-modern insights into the wider and …

The referendum to overturn Ireland's near-total abortion ban in 2018 stands as one of the
most remarkable political events of recent times. The campaign to repeal the 8th amendment …

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 …

Why does# RepealedThe8th matter for feminist legal studies? The answers seem obvious in
one sense. Feminism has long constituted itself through the struggle for sexual and …