Irish Abortion laws: NO MORE THAN A VESSEL

If ever there was a tipping point in the national historic drama of Irish abortion laws, this latest horror is it, writes Rachel Doyle

Irish Abortion laws: NO MORE THAN A VESSEL
Wed, 20 Aug, 2014 - 01:00

The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture said Irish law on abortion treats women ‘as a vessel, nothing more’

Approximately 150,000 women have travelled abroad to access safe and legal abortion services since Article 40.3.3 was inserted into the Irish Constitution in 1983.

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