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* You can also get an IUD as emergency contraception. To see your options, check out the "Contraception (Birth Control)" section. | * You can also get an IUD as emergency contraception. To see your options, check out the "Contraception (Birth Control)" section. | ||
For more information, check out the [http://ec.princeton.edu/ Princeton EC website]. | For more information, check out the [http://ec.princeton.edu/ Princeton EC website]. You can also contact [https://realproductivehealth.com/ RE(AL)-PRODUCTIVE HEALTH]: "Re(al)-Productive Health is a working group which specifically aims to promote access to emergency hormonal contraception, or ‘the morning after pill’ in Ireland, and to improve reproductive rights and well-being more broadly for those living here." | ||
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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). | 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). | ||
Today, | Today, if Irish women wish to obtain an abortion, they typically travel to the [[United Kingdom]], where is legal and available upon request. | ||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* [https://www.facebook.com/pg/needabortionireland/about/?ref=page_internal Need Abortion Ireland]: "Needabortionireland.org helps people in Ireland to access abortion services. It operates on the ethos that abortion is basic healthcare and should be free, safe and legal, available to everyone who requests it. If you need an abortion we also recommend visiting www.womenhelp.org for info on the early medical abortion pill. Need Abortion Ireland operates a text support service from 6pm to 9pm everyday on 089 490 2517. Anyone seeking help or information can also contact by email: info@needabortionireland.org." | |||
* [https://www.mariestopes.org.uk/overseas-clients-abortion/irish Marie Stopes Services for Irish Women in the U.K.]: "Marie Stopes UK has been providing unplanned pregnancy services for Irish women for over 40 years. Every year, 2,500 women decide to travel to one of our 70 abortion clinics in the UK to access treatment privately. We are the only charity offering medical abortion (abortion pill) in our Belfast clinic." They also offer discounts for Irish women. Check out the website for details. You can call them 24 hours: 0345 300 8090. | |||
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==List of Additional Resources== | ==List of Additional Resources== | ||
* [https://www.facebook.com/pg/SpeakingofIMELDA/about/?ref=page_internal Speaking of Imelda]: "Speaking of I.M.E.L.D.A. is a direct action feminist performance group that seeks to challenge the ongoing problem of Ireland Making England the Legal Destination for Abortion. We operate against the shaming and silencing of women who have had abortions in the Irish region and more widely." | |||
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