Tag Archives: PLDPA

Press release: Detention of girl under Mental Health Act to prevent her accessing abortion is “disgraceful”

June 12, 2017 - Media, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release, Repeal the 8th - Tagged: , , , , , - 5 comments

  Disgusting Treatment of Vulnerable Pregnant Child Shows Our Laws Are Worse Than Useless, Abortion Rights Campaign says. Consultant psychiatrist, on whose evidence she was detained, said termination “not the…

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Government Shows Disdain for Women’s Lives and Choices by Voting to Retain Criminalisation of Abortion.

March 9, 2017 - Media, Opinion, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release, Repeal the 8th - Tagged: , , , , - no comments

Retaining the 14 year jail sentence reveals the contempt the current government has for poor women, women with health issues, and those who face travel difficulties. “Today the Government and…

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