Kennedy, Sinead
(2018)
“#Repealthe8th”: Ireland, Abortion Access
and the Movement to Remove the Eighth Amendment.
Annuario di Antropologia, 5 (2).
pp. 13-31.
ISSN 2281-4043
Abstract
Abortion is illegal in almost all circumstances in Ireland, permitted only
where there is a risk to the life of the woman due to the eighth amendment to the Irish Constitution. While abortion is banned, women living
in Ireland do access abortion; they do so legally by travelling abroad, and
illegally within Ireland by accessing the abortion pill online. This access is
highly mediated by race, class and migration status. This article will consider
the politics of Ireland’s abortion ban through the prism of public debates
around abortion, reflecting on the discursive devices employed to both challenge and uphold the status quo on abortion. This conclusion will focus
on different dimensions of the “Repeal” movement; a movement that propelled Ireland to finally face up to the reality of abortion and change it laws
through removing the eighth amendment from the constitution.
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