Thank the gods we #repealedthe8th and this can no longer happen here.
June 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thank the gods we #repealedthe8th and this can no longer happen here.
We need to get rid of the 12 week limit to abortion access for many reasons. But forcing a teenage asylum seeker who is having mental health problems, possibly due to being pregnant, to go to court to access care is abhorrent
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
High Court sanctions termination of 15-year-old girl’s pregnancy
Girl told doctors she would ‘cut the baby out myself’ if termination not permitted
www.irishtimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Great to see that the legislation we fought for, for years, is ensuring more women can access these services at home.
#RepealedThe8th
#RepealedThe8th
Abortion numbers rose to 10,852 in State in 2024
Abortion numbers rose to 10,852 in State in 2024
Majority were early pregnancy terminations, while 108 carried out due to fatal foetal abnormality
www.irishtimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Great to see that the legislation we fought for, for years, is ensuring more women can access these services at home.
#RepealedThe8th
#RepealedThe8th
lol I took a screenshot when he followed me on Twitter. I had been tweeting about abortion rights.
July 13, 2026 at 12:18 PM
lol I took a screenshot when he followed me on Twitter. I had been tweeting about abortion rights.
The Reproductive Rights (Amendment) Bill is a step towards Free, Safe, Legal and Local abortion and will be debated in the Dail on May 13th. Contact your TDs and ask them to support the bill. Follow the link in our bio to a sample email and contact details. This action could make all the difference!
May 7, 2026 at 9:03 PM
There is no medical reason what so ever. It is an obstruction to timely healthcare, and forced people out of the legal time period for abortion, at home here in Ireland.
#Abortionishealthcare #Spéirgorm #repealedthe8th
#Abortionishealthcare #Spéirgorm #repealedthe8th
There is "no scientific support" for a mandatory waiting period for abortions in Ireland, according to the chief medical director of the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA).
jrnl.ie/6894839
jrnl.ie/6894839
'No scientific support' for mandatory abortion waiting period, IFPA says
The Irish Family Planning Association found that between 2021 and 2024, 98% of IFPA clients went on to access abortion services after the waiting period.
jrnl.ie
December 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
There is no medical reason what so ever. It is an obstruction to timely healthcare, and forced people out of the legal time period for abortion, at home here in Ireland.
#Abortionishealthcare #Spéirgorm #repealedthe8th
#Abortionishealthcare #Spéirgorm #repealedthe8th
How hard would have #repealedthe8th have been if any discussion about abortion or why we needed to change the law and constitution, was age gated behind needing to share your passport?
July 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
How hard would have #repealedthe8th have been if any discussion about abortion or why we needed to change the law and constitution, was age gated behind needing to share your passport?
Our abortion laws and policies, are still forcing people dealing with Fetal Fatal Abnormalities to travel to the UK for healthcare which should be provided for here with compassion.
#TMFRIE #FreeSafeLegal #Repealedthe8th #Spéirgorm
#TMFRIE #FreeSafeLegal #Repealedthe8th #Spéirgorm
Absolutely bawling at the brave lady Denise on #morningireland & her atrocious treatment by the Irish state. Medical professionals hands are tied by these restrictive abortion laws. The trauma. Shipping the problem overseas. What an incredible woman & all the women who go through this #speirgorm
March 3, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Our abortion laws and policies, are still forcing people dealing with Fetal Fatal Abnormalities to travel to the UK for healthcare which should be provided for here with compassion.
#TMFRIE #FreeSafeLegal #Repealedthe8th #Spéirgorm
#TMFRIE #FreeSafeLegal #Repealedthe8th #Spéirgorm
📣 It's #InternationalSafeAbortion Day & #TheMorrigan we are hosting a series of blogs edited & starting with @ruthfletcher.bsky.social on witnessing legal implementation after #repealedthe8th - 9 posts from across disciplines & experience
#safeabortion #reproductivejustice
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#safeabortion #reproductivejustice
dflw.ie/witnessing-l...
Witnessing legal implementation after #repealedthe8th: Soft law and the curious case of discontinuous care after a failed early medical abortion - Doing Feminist Legal Work
“It was like an epiphany. We just felt a weight lifted off us to know that there was even an option. They told me someone local to me where I could go and
dflw.ie
September 28, 2026 at 11:56 AM
📣 It's #InternationalSafeAbortion Day & #TheMorrigan we are hosting a series of blogs edited & starting with @ruthfletcher.bsky.social on witnessing legal implementation after #repealedthe8th - 9 posts from across disciplines & experience
#safeabortion #reproductivejustice
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#safeabortion #reproductivejustice
dflw.ie/witnessing-l...
Forced birthers are fascists, so this is entirely consistent for them. Basing this on Irish experience..#repealedthe8th
The MAGA numpties and JD Vance were out marching and crying about fertilised eggs yesterday. Not a word about a little five year old boy kidnapped and taken to a camp in Texas. They don’t give a fuck about children.
January 25, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Forced birthers are fascists, so this is entirely consistent for them. Basing this on Irish experience..#repealedthe8th
Today in blog 5 for #SafeAbortionDay we hear from Camille Kumar of @asn.org.uk about the experience of those who had to travel after a failed early medical abortion
#NoTimeLimits #ReproJustice #RepealedThe8th #TimeForLiveableAbortionCare
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#NoTimeLimits #ReproJustice #RepealedThe8th #TimeForLiveableAbortionCare
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📢 Blog 5/10 of our #InternationalSafeAbortion Day series from Camille Kumar @asn.org.uk
'Abortion care, interrupted' centres on access to medication & what happens when people's bodily autonomy are curtailed
#ReproductiveJustice #SafeAbortion #FeministLegalWork👇
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'Abortion care, interrupted' centres on access to medication & what happens when people's bodily autonomy are curtailed
#ReproductiveJustice #SafeAbortion #FeministLegalWork👇
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Abortion care, interrupted. - Doing Feminist Legal Work
‘I had a medical abortion at 10 weeks, about a month ago. Two weeks after the treatment began, I called my doctor and told her the pregnancy test had 2 faint
dflw.ie
September 30, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Today in blog 5 for #SafeAbortionDay we hear from Camille Kumar of @asn.org.uk about the experience of those who had to travel after a failed early medical abortion
#NoTimeLimits #ReproJustice #RepealedThe8th #TimeForLiveableAbortionCare
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#NoTimeLimits #ReproJustice #RepealedThe8th #TimeForLiveableAbortionCare
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Yup we have found each other fairly quickly, it's been a joy to connect here with people, esp those I got to know as we worked together to make a #repealedthe8th referendum happen.
We are still networked, still wanting a better ireland & better world.
#housing & #TransHealthCare are on our agenda
We are still networked, still wanting a better ireland & better world.
#housing & #TransHealthCare are on our agenda
I was speaking to a TD this week and they memtioned the EU petition which we collectively pushed up from 52% to over 100% of Ireland's national threshold.
They said it was the first time they'd seen collective action happening in the new networks.
Capacity is still here, because the people are.
They said it was the first time they'd seen collective action happening in the new networks.
Capacity is still here, because the people are.
February 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Yup we have found each other fairly quickly, it's been a joy to connect here with people, esp those I got to know as we worked together to make a #repealedthe8th referendum happen.
We are still networked, still wanting a better ireland & better world.
#housing & #TransHealthCare are on our agenda
We are still networked, still wanting a better ireland & better world.
#housing & #TransHealthCare are on our agenda
Please contact your TDs, the vote on the bill is this evening. The Whip is not being applied.
#spéirgorm #repealedthe8th
#abortionishealthcare
#spéirgorm #repealedthe8th
#abortionishealthcare
Please contact your TDs and ask that they support this bill, so people dealing with foetal fatal abnormalities no longer have to travel.
www.thejournal.ie/abortion-leg...
#repealedthe8th #Freesafelegal #abortionishealthcare
#Spéirgorm
www.thejournal.ie/abortion-leg...
#repealedthe8th #Freesafelegal #abortionishealthcare
#Spéirgorm
FF and FG TDs will have a free vote on Social Democrats' proposed abortion legislation
Party leader Holly Cairns has said the shortcomings in the current law “mean women continue to be failed in this country”.
www.thejournal.ie
May 13, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Please contact your TDs, the vote on the bill is this evening. The Whip is not being applied.
#spéirgorm #repealedthe8th
#abortionishealthcare
#spéirgorm #repealedthe8th
#abortionishealthcare
The shelved report this government ordered with its review of our flawed abortion laws, has the recommendations laid out to fix it. But FF/FG don't want to.
We will have to force them to make the changes needed.
#Spéirgorm #FreeSafeLegal #TMFRIE #Repealedthe8th
We will have to force them to make the changes needed.
#Spéirgorm #FreeSafeLegal #TMFRIE #Repealedthe8th
March 3, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The shelved report this government ordered with its review of our flawed abortion laws, has the recommendations laid out to fix it. But FF/FG don't want to.
We will have to force them to make the changes needed.
#Spéirgorm #FreeSafeLegal #TMFRIE #Repealedthe8th
We will have to force them to make the changes needed.
#Spéirgorm #FreeSafeLegal #TMFRIE #Repealedthe8th
Ah..that time when I bumped into Peter Boylan 8 years ago and we had matching outfits.
#RepealedThe8th
#Speirghorm
#RepealedThe8th
#Speirghorm
June 17, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Ah..that time when I bumped into Peter Boylan 8 years ago and we had matching outfits.
#RepealedThe8th
#Speirghorm
#RepealedThe8th
#Speirghorm
May 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
These changes are what the review of the legislation reccomend, but FFG have sat on thier hands.
These omissions were also pointed out by @freesafelegal.bsky.social at the time the legislation was being passed.
#repealedthe8th #spéirgorm
These omissions were also pointed out by @freesafelegal.bsky.social at the time the legislation was being passed.
#repealedthe8th #spéirgorm
The Social Democrats will today introduce a bill aimed at updating Ireland's abortion laws, especially to ensure that women do not need to travel abroad to terminate a pregnancy.
jrnl.ie/7025791
jrnl.ie/7025791
Social Democrats to introduce bill updating 'patronising and paternalistic' abortion law
The bill aims to address the shortcomings identified in a 2023 review by barrister Marie O’Shea.
jrnl.ie
April 28, 2026 at 11:46 AM
These changes are what the review of the legislation reccomend, but FFG have sat on thier hands.
These omissions were also pointed out by @freesafelegal.bsky.social at the time the legislation was being passed.
#repealedthe8th #spéirgorm
These omissions were also pointed out by @freesafelegal.bsky.social at the time the legislation was being passed.
#repealedthe8th #spéirgorm
No thanks.
He used the 8th amendment to take women to court to force them to have c sections.
www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/tony...
#repealedthe8th #speirgorm #Irishpolitics
He used the 8th amendment to take women to court to force them to have c sections.
www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/tony...
#repealedthe8th #speirgorm #Irishpolitics
Tony Holohan linked with presidential bid | BreakingNews.ie
Tony Holohan could be making a bid to enter the race to become the next President
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July 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
No thanks.
He used the 8th amendment to take women to court to force them to have c sections.
www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/tony...
#repealedthe8th #speirgorm #Irishpolitics
He used the 8th amendment to take women to court to force them to have c sections.
www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/tony...
#repealedthe8th #speirgorm #Irishpolitics
Struggles with numbers, much like her anti-choice friends would claim there was 100,000 at their anti-choice marches before we #RepealedThe8th
October 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Struggles with numbers, much like her anti-choice friends would claim there was 100,000 at their anti-choice marches before we #RepealedThe8th
!! Important !!
We voted as a nation for access to abortion, there are men sitting at a grand big table, who think otherwise.
Don't let them forget we
#RepealedThe8th ✊
#SpéirGhorm
We voted as a nation for access to abortion, there are men sitting at a grand big table, who think otherwise.
Don't let them forget we
#RepealedThe8th ✊
#SpéirGhorm
At least three antichoicers at the cabinet table. Do not rest on ur laurels ppl.
January 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
!! Important !!
We voted as a nation for access to abortion, there are men sitting at a grand big table, who think otherwise.
Don't let them forget we
#RepealedThe8th ✊
#SpéirGhorm
We voted as a nation for access to abortion, there are men sitting at a grand big table, who think otherwise.
Don't let them forget we
#RepealedThe8th ✊
#SpéirGhorm
That people dealing with having to end a pregnancy are still forced to travel despite us repeal ing the 8th is horrendous.
Esp those who get the worst news about a much wanted pregnancy.
jrnl.ie/6631886
#speirgorm #abortionishealthcare
#repealedthe8th
Esp those who get the worst news about a much wanted pregnancy.
jrnl.ie/6631886
#speirgorm #abortionishealthcare
#repealedthe8th
'The most vulnerable are still being exported': Why and how women have to travel for abortions
Hundreds of women travel from Ireland to the UK every year for terminations.
jrnl.ie
April 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
That people dealing with having to end a pregnancy are still forced to travel despite us repeal ing the 8th is horrendous.
Esp those who get the worst news about a much wanted pregnancy.
jrnl.ie/6631886
#speirgorm #abortionishealthcare
#repealedthe8th
Esp those who get the worst news about a much wanted pregnancy.
jrnl.ie/6631886
#speirgorm #abortionishealthcare
#repealedthe8th
Every now and then I remember that Cura closed up shop after we #repealedthe8th
Cura was set up by the Irish bishops and had a huge spend on advertising thier 2 option pregnancy counselling services.
Cura was set up by the Irish bishops and had a huge spend on advertising thier 2 option pregnancy counselling services.
May 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Every now and then I remember that Cura closed up shop after we #repealedthe8th
Cura was set up by the Irish bishops and had a huge spend on advertising thier 2 option pregnancy counselling services.
Cura was set up by the Irish bishops and had a huge spend on advertising thier 2 option pregnancy counselling services.
Here’s the first of a series of 10 blogs we’re doing this week for #SafeAbortionDay #Sept28
To call for more legal witnessing of soft law barriers to abortion care and challenge harmful exclusions and unworkable time limits
dflw.ie/witnessing-l...
Time to address failed EMA up against 12 weeks!
To call for more legal witnessing of soft law barriers to abortion care and challenge harmful exclusions and unworkable time limits
dflw.ie/witnessing-l...
Time to address failed EMA up against 12 weeks!
Witnessing legal implementation after #repealedthe8th: Soft law and the curious case of discontinuous care after a failed early medical abortion - Doing Feminist Legal Work
“It was like an epiphany. We just felt a weight lifted off us to know that there was even an option. They told me someone local to me where I could go and
dflw.ie
September 28, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Here’s the first of a series of 10 blogs we’re doing this week for #SafeAbortionDay #Sept28
To call for more legal witnessing of soft law barriers to abortion care and challenge harmful exclusions and unworkable time limits
dflw.ie/witnessing-l...
Time to address failed EMA up against 12 weeks!
To call for more legal witnessing of soft law barriers to abortion care and challenge harmful exclusions and unworkable time limits
dflw.ie/witnessing-l...
Time to address failed EMA up against 12 weeks!
The 8th maybe gone, but the practices and policies it informed have not changed.
#nocountryforwomenandgirls #repealedthe8th
#nocountryforwomenandgirls #repealedthe8th
Why Irish women don't feel like decision-makers during childbirth. A new report on maternity care in Ireland highlights concerns around informed decision-making, patient choice and consent, writes Susann Huschke @UL www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why Irish women don't feel like decision-makers during childbirth
A new report on maternity care in Ireland highlights concerns around informed decision-making, patient choice and consent
www.rte.ie
March 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The 8th maybe gone, but the practices and policies it informed have not changed.
#nocountryforwomenandgirls #repealedthe8th
#nocountryforwomenandgirls #repealedthe8th
Please contact your TDs and ask that they support this bill, so people dealing with foetal fatal abnormalities no longer have to travel.
www.thejournal.ie/abortion-leg...
#repealedthe8th #Freesafelegal #abortionishealthcare
#Spéirgorm
www.thejournal.ie/abortion-leg...
#repealedthe8th #Freesafelegal #abortionishealthcare
#Spéirgorm
FF and FG TDs will have a free vote on Social Democrats' proposed abortion legislation
Party leader Holly Cairns has said the shortcomings in the current law “mean women continue to be failed in this country”.
www.thejournal.ie
May 12, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Please contact your TDs and ask that they support this bill, so people dealing with foetal fatal abnormalities no longer have to travel.
www.thejournal.ie/abortion-leg...
#repealedthe8th #Freesafelegal #abortionishealthcare
#Spéirgorm
www.thejournal.ie/abortion-leg...
#repealedthe8th #Freesafelegal #abortionishealthcare
#Spéirgorm