In this Book
- The Abortion Papers Ireland: Volume 2
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Cork University Press

summary
This edited publication will provide key reflections and scholarship on the Irish abortion regime generated in the period between the X case, 1992 and Savita Halapanavar, 2012 as the 21st anniversary of the X case judgement is marked in 2013. The ideas generated by: the reflections from activist and scholarship perspectives; from research with Irish women including those seeking abortion; and from new conceptual and theoretical insights and developments into the abortion debate, will constitute a resource for those currently advancing legal change to give women access to abortion in Ireland. In addition it will speak to those interested in the abortion debate more broadly within Ireland and internationally.
Table of Contents

- Foreword: Above and Beyond the Silence
- pp. ix-xiv
- Acknowledgements
- p. xv
- Notes on Contributors
- pp. xvi-xxi
- Editors’ Introduction
- pp. 12-24
- 1. My Story
- pp. 25-33
- 8. Abortion and the Law in Ireland
- pp. 104-117
- 17. Every Child a Wanted Child
- pp. 203-205
- 23. Ireland’s First Abortion Legislation
- pp. 263-269
- 25. Ireland’s Handmaid’s Tale
- pp. 275-283
- Bibliography
- pp. 293-317
Additional Information
ISBN
9781782051756
Related ISBN(s)
9781782051725
MARC Record
OCLC
935989741
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-27
Language
English
Open Access
No