Outside the Box: Dystopian Ireland of reproductive autonomy

Wow, exciting! An episode of The Handmaid’s Tale is being filmed outside the Dail! Oh hang on. 

No, it’s Irish women dressed up in red capes and white bonnets, like the Handmaids – those who have no control or power over their own fertility, and whose bodies are state-owned vessels – in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian futurist novel.

Nothing imaginary about that lack of power or control here today in Ireland, eh, ladies? For Irish women who would like reproductive autonomy, every day is dystopian - just ask anyone urgently trying to get to the UK for a legal termination. Whilst travelling on Ryanair.