After the 8th: Ireland, Abortion, and International Law

The Law and Therapeutic Abortion

The appropriate sections of the Oifences Against the Person Act, 1861 are as follows: SECrION 58Every woman, being with child, who with intent to procure her own miscarriage, shall unlawfully administer to herself any poison or other noxious thing or shall unlawfully use any instrument or other means whatsoever, with the like intent and whosoever with intent to procure the miscarriage of any wo...

International Law after the Cold War

Abortion in Ireland: Public Opinion

For more than a decade, there has been a significant shift in public attitudes towards abortion in Ireland. Opinion polls and research consistently show increased support for access to abortion within Ireland: In May 2017, an Irish Times/Ipos MRBI poll [1] found that 73% of respondents agreed with abortion up to 12 weeks gestation. Also in May 2017, the results of a Behaviour and Attitudes Poll...

Abortion and the law in Australia.

The legal test for when an abortion is not 'unlawful' - and therefore permitted - is different in each state and territory. This article describes the current legal position in Australia with respect to abortion, but does not attempt to discuss the complex ethical issues surrounding abortion.

Abortion Law and Policy Around the World

The aim of this paper is to provide a panoramic view of laws and policies on abortion around the world, giving a range of country-based examples. It shows that the plethora of convoluted laws and restrictions surrounding abortion do not make any legal or public health sense. What makes abortion safe is simple and irrefutable—when it is available on the woman’s request and is universally afforda...