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Ireland has taken important steps related to family planning in the last few decades. Since 1980, birth control has been legal and, since 2011, emergency contraception (the morning after pill) is available over the counter. The Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) provides many educational and health resources to the general public, as well. There are a few sites in Dublin that provide free HIV tests, and you can also get at-home kits for STI tests from IFPA. While there is currently no major PrEP program in Ireland, you can access PEP at many locations throughout the country. There is a national HPV vaccination program as well. The abortion laws in Ireland are very strict, however, and they're some of the most restrictive in the world. Currently, a woman can only receive an abortion if the pregnancy endangers her life, and women who obtain illegal abortions can face fourteen years in prison (or, in Northern Ireland, life in prison). For these reasons, if a woman is pregnant and seeks an abortion, it is highly advised that she seeks one in the [[United Kingdom]] rather than in Ireland.
Ireland has taken important steps related to family planning in the last few decades. Since 1980, birth control has been legal and, since 2011, emergency contraception (the morning after pill) is available over the counter. The Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) provides many educational and health resources to the general public, as well. There are a few sites in Dublin that provide free HIV tests, and you can also get at-home kits for STI tests from IFPA. While there is currently no major PrEP program in Ireland, you can access PEP at many locations throughout the country. There is a national HPV vaccination program as well. For many years, Irish abortion laws were some of the most restrictive in the world. However, in May 2018, Irish voters chose to overturn the abortion ban in a landslide vote.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ireland-votes-to-repeal-its-ban-on-abortion/2018/05/26/fb675fa8-603b-11e8-b656-236c6214ef01_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e86f22eb959a Ireland votes to overturn its abortion ban, ‘culmination of a quiet revolution,’ prime minister says]</ref>


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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>
In the Republic of Ireland, abortion is legally available. In May 2018, Ireland voted to remove the ban on abortion.<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/abortion-referendum Irish Times: The Abortion Referendum]</ref> Then, in July 2019, the UK parliament voted to remove the ban on abortion in Northern Ireland.<ref>[https://time.com/5634762/northern-ireland-abortion-law-impact/ After 158 Years U.K. Lawmakers Have Voted to Decriminalize Abortion in Northern Ireland. The Fight's Not Over Yet]</ref>
 
In the past, Ireland had one of the strictest abortion laws in the word. In Ireland, abortion was 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 was prohibited. If a woman obtained an abortion in Ireland, she could have been sentenced to fourteen years in prison. If a woman obtained 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>


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Today, if Irish women wish to obtain an abortion, they often travel to the [[United Kingdom]], where it is legal and available upon request. Others may obtain the abortion pill online through Women on Web. You can read about some of these women [http://time.com/4531429/medication-abortion-ireland/ here].
In the past, if Irish women wished to obtain an abortion, they would often travel to the [[United Kingdom]], where it was legal and available upon request. Others obtained the abortion pill online through Women on Web. You can read about some of these women [http://time.com/4531429/medication-abortion-ireland/ here].


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