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DOI

10.7486/DRI.98818j13k

Title

"Unlike my previous pregnancies..."

InHerShoes: Abortion Post from 2018-03-04 at 09:17

Description

Trigger warning: Please be aware that these stories contain sensitive and potentially traumatic detail. Please check the subject terms before reading each story. This is a personal account from the In Her Shoes Facebook page where women shared their experiences of accessing abortion in Ireland prior to its legalisation in May 2018 with the repeal of the Eighth Amendment. This story includes the following themes: Seeing other Irish women in UK clinics/travelling\Other women in the clinic

The story begins "Unlike my previous pregnancies when I found out I was pregnant I was filled with dread and fear, I felt guilty that I was even thinking about an abortion, something until that moment in time I had always said I could never consider, but I knew in that moment I could not go through with the pregnancy" and can be read on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/InHerIrishShoes/posts/149816475692778

Creators

Erin DarcyCáit Ní CharthaighMary LalorJac SinnottCara ShankEmer Smith

Date

2018-03-04

Published by Digital Repository of Ireland

22/05/2023

Subjects

abortionpregnancymaternal healthhealth policymaternal welfaresocial servicesmedical ethicsreproductive rightswomen's rightshuman rightsreligious beliefssocial changesocial mediadigital media-social aspectspersonal narrativesConstitutional Law - Ireland - the eighth amendment

Subjects (Places)

Ireland

Subjects (Temporal)

Twenty-first Century

Types

Text

Sources

https://www.facebook.com/InHerIrishShoes/posts/149816475692778

Rights

Copyright is with the original author of the post

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Digital Repository of Ireland