[…]can make their own decisions in pregnancy and access abortion in Ireland. While we look back on the struggle for bodily autonomy and access to abortion care here in Ireland that resulted in that referendum win, we continue our fight – many counties across Ireland do not have access to abortion care and many women still have to travel to receive this healthcare. It has now been one year since the UK Parliament voted to ensure that women and pregnant people in Northern Ireland have access to abortion. However, over 100 women have had to travel to England – during […]
[…]to vote ‘on request’ (‘without restriction as to reasons’) which mirrored the 64% of the Citizens’ Assembly Only 5% of the Citizens’ Assembly voted for access on request without any gestational limits, where 21% of respondents to Amnesty Ireland poll supported access on request without gestational limits. Support for access to abortion in cases of a risk to health of the woman was higher in this poll (89%) than in the Citizens’ Assembly (78%), with 58% of poll respondents stating a preference for no gestational limits, compared with just 20% of the Citizens’ Assembly members. Support for access to abortion […]
[…]information and County and City Councils were providing conflicting messages in relation to whether they would accept forms in bulk or in individual envelopes. Standardised information on the process should be produced and promoted post haste. England and many States in the U.S. have the option of online voter registration – this would be an excellent step to making the system here more accessible. Automatic voter registration is being discussed in the U.S. at the moment and this is something we believe should be explored in Ireland. The need for Gardaí to sign forms for the supplemental register could be […]
[…]institutions in charging different rates on fees. This will provide more clarity to students on the rate of fees they are expected to pay and hopefully lead to a more unified approach by the colleges. As it stands, many young people who have grown up in Ireland and made it their home are being excluded from educational opportunities and future career prospects. This is a positive step in rectifying this problem and enabling this generation of young people to participate in and contribute to Irish society. However, there is still more work to be done and the criteria for accessing […]
[…]In Ireland were allowed to make their own decisions with their doctors, rather than shipping them across the Irish sea to the UK and elsewhere under a shadow of judgement” USI is the national representative body for the 374,000 students in third level education on the Island of Ireland, and is a member of the national civil society campaign, Together For Yes. USI registered 18,000 students who have never voted before between September and November 2017 alone, adding to the upwards of 80,000 students registered to vote by USI in recent […]
