#RepealedThe8th
May. 27th, 2018 03:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julietCompletely thrilled by the referendum result in Ireland. Now to sort things out in Northern Ireland. In the 4 days I’ve been in NI (visiting doop’s family), 8 Northern Irish people have gone over to the mainland for an abortion*. Often on their own, and often travelling back the same day against ideal medical advice.
As of earlier this year Northern Irish residents can at least get an abortion on the NHS, plus in some cases help with travel costs, if they come to England (or Scotland but there’s no help with travel costs & no one-day service available). However it’s still obviously appalling that to get an abortion in NI you have to travel to the mainland.
The Abortion Support Network offers help to pregnant people in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands who need to travel to the mainland UK for an abortion. The RoI legislation won’t be in place til the end of the year — meanwhile 9 people are making that journey every day. Even once the legislation is in place there may be people who fall into any gaps in that (for example, who need an abortion after 12 weeks which isn’t covered by the proposed list of reasons). Similarly, the financial help offered to people in NI may not cover everyone who needs it. And nothing has changed yet in the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.
So ASN are still accepting donations, if you want to and are able to celebrate the win for bodily autonomy in the Republic by helping them out in their ongoing support of anyone who needs access to an abortion that they can’t get at home.
* In fact possibly more, as it weights towards the weekend for obvious reasons.
As of earlier this year Northern Irish residents can at least get an abortion on the NHS, plus in some cases help with travel costs, if they come to England (or Scotland but there’s no help with travel costs & no one-day service available). However it’s still obviously appalling that to get an abortion in NI you have to travel to the mainland.
The Abortion Support Network offers help to pregnant people in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands who need to travel to the mainland UK for an abortion. The RoI legislation won’t be in place til the end of the year — meanwhile 9 people are making that journey every day. Even once the legislation is in place there may be people who fall into any gaps in that (for example, who need an abortion after 12 weeks which isn’t covered by the proposed list of reasons). Similarly, the financial help offered to people in NI may not cover everyone who needs it. And nothing has changed yet in the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.
So ASN are still accepting donations, if you want to and are able to celebrate the win for bodily autonomy in the Republic by helping them out in their ongoing support of anyone who needs access to an abortion that they can’t get at home.
* In fact possibly more, as it weights towards the weekend for obvious reasons.
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