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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
Ireland has one of the strictest abortion laws in the word. In Ireland, abortion is illegal except for when the pregnancy endangers the life of the woman. In all other cases, including to preserve physical health, to preserve mental health, rape or incest, risk of fetal impairment, social or economic reasons, abortion is prohibited. If a woman obtains an abortion in Ireland, she may be sentenced to fourteen years in prison. If a woman obtains an abortion in Northern Ireland, she may be sentenced to life in prison.<ref>[http://time.com/4531429/medication-abortion-ireland/ How Irish Women Are Getting Around Abortion Laws]</ref> | |||
The history of Ireland's strict abortion policies goes back to The Offences against the Person Act (1861), which was a law that spanned across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In the 1930s, the United Kingdom began liberalizing its abortion laws. Ireland, however, not only maintained these abortion laws, but it also strengthened the existing laws. In 1983, the Irish government added this clause to the Constitution: "The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right."<ref>[http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/profiles.htm UN Report on Abortion Policies: Ireland]</ref> In 2013, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act was passed, which allows abortions in cases when the woman's life is endangered (either medically or due to risk of suicide). | |||
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