Addressing myths about the pro-choice campaign

Last month, I attended an event in Cork City organised by the Abortion Rights Campaign, writes Louise O’Neill.

It was a workshop aimed at helping pro-choice activists feel more confident about going door-to-door canvassing in the run up to the referendum in May (yes, people of Clonakilty, be prepared to see my hopeful face at your front door).

It was a lovely day – informative, interesting, energised – and it struck me once again how great the disparity is between how the Repeal movement has been represented in the media and that which I have encountered in real life. It has never seemed elitist or militant to me. Most people within Repeal are passionate, yes, but kind and inclusive as well.