Name/TitleBooklet: Your Questions about Pregnancy, Abortion Law and the Constitution
About this objectSlim booklet titled 'Your Questions about Pregnancy, Abortion Law and the Constitution' produced by Every Woman / National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) and Together for Yes. The section headings are:
- What is the Eighth Amendment?
- What will we be asked to vote on?
- Does the Eighth Amendment save lives?
- Does abortion happen in Ireland?
- How do pregnancies end?
- What is fatal foetal anomaly?
- What happens in early pregnancy?
- Down syndrome and abortion
- Consent during pregnancy
Fully digitised (16 pages)
MakerNational Women's Council of Ireland
Date Madec.2018
Period2010s
Place MadeIreland, Dundalk
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 210 x W: 148 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's healthcare
Subject and Association Keywordsabortion rights - pro-choice
Subject and Association KeywordsRepeal the 8th Amendment
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's organisations
Subject and Association DescriptionPart of a collection of Repeal the 8th campaign material gifted to Glasgow Women's Library from a Glasgow-based donor.
https://www.nwci.ie:
The National Women’s Council is the leading national representative organisation for women and women’s groups in Ireland, founded in 1973. We have over 190 member groups and a large and growing community of individual supporters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland:
The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Act 1983 was an amendment to the Constitution of Ireland which inserted a subsection recognising the equal right to life of the pregnant woman and the unborn. Abortion had been subject to criminal penalty in Ireland since at least 1861; the amendment ensured that legislation or judicial interpretation would be restricted to allowing abortion in circumstances where the life of a pregnant woman was at risk. It was approved by referendum on 7 September 1983 and signed into law on 7 October 1983. In 2018, it was repealed by referendum.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBooklet
Object numberGWL-2018-51-3
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved