From Wednesday 13 February, a new exhibition by Belfast based artist, Emma Campbell opens in The Copper House Gallery , Synge Street, Dublin 8. The title of Emma’s exhibition is When They Put Their Hands Out Like Scales. Running from February 13 to March 12 2013, Emma, through photography examines reproductive rights. All the photographs from this(…)
A rather curious survey by the Guttmacher Institute (a pro-availability of abortion non-profit organization) has cited Ireland and Poland (which in 1997 re-instated law outlawing abortion except when mother’s life at risk or she had been raped) as the only developed countries in the world where there is not adequate access to abortion, presumably because it(…)
In July of last year, Ireland was examined by the UN Human Rights Committee under the ICCPR. The Committee identified Ireland’s abortion regime as an area of concern. It stated in its Concluding Observations that Ireland ‘should bring its abortion laws into line with the [ICCPR]. It should take measures to help women avoid unwanted(…)
