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DOI

10.7486/DRI.xd07wm059

Title

"It was 1993 and I was a fresh faced innocent virgin from rural Ireland..."

InHerShoes: Abortion Post from 2018-06-14 at 10:15

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: \\Emotional Abuse\Suicidal Thoughts/attempts\Seeing other Irish women in UK clinics/travelling\In pain/sick during travel \Seeing other Irish women in UK clinics/travelling\

The story begins "It was 1993 and I was a fresh faced innocent virgin from rural Ireland" and can be read on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/InHerIrishShoes/posts/172096026798156

Creators

Erin DarcyCáit Ní CharthaighMary LalorJac SinnottCara ShankEmer Smith

Date

2018-06-14

Published by Digital Repository of Ireland

27/09/2023

Subjects

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

Subjects (Places)

Ireland

Subjects (Temporal)

Twenty-first Century

Types

Text

Sources

https://www.facebook.com/InHerIrishShoes/posts/172096026798156

Rights

Copyright is with the original author of the post

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Depositing Organisation

Digital Repository of Ireland