Six months after terminations were legalised in the Republic of Ireland, Anna Silverman finds out why women feel the 'revolution' wasn't nearly enough...In a café in Donegal, Republic of Ireland, a GP walks in and looks around nervously. She spots me and suggests we sit outside, where no one can hear us talk. She’s been careful to keep our meeting a secret from her colleagues.
This secrecy feels at odds with the jubilant celebrations beamed around the world in May 2018, when the countryto legalise abortion. Social media was full of Irish people proudly travelling #hometovote and the Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, hailed the result a ‘quiet revolution’. The new legislation was swiftly brought in in January. Yet, six months later, some doctors who have agreed to provide abortions are staying quiet, while some women are still travelling overseas for terminations.
One woman ASN has helped since abortion was legalised is Eva*, who tested positive for a serious foetal abnormality, but it was not deemed severe. ‘I had to wait until a certain point in pregnancy to have the test, and by the time I had the results I was beyond 12 weeks,’ says Eva. ‘That meant I had to travel [to the UK]. I work on contract and was not paid for the days I took off. I already have a special-needs child and other children and I’m barely managing.
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