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Re: US Women CANT Have Abortions -Supreme Court Rules
Ireland Reacts to US Supreme Court’s Decision to Overturn Roe v Wade
Ireland's politicians and campaign groups are responding after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, which protected access to abortion at the federal level across the country.
Kerry O'Shea 25 Jun, 2022
Ireland is reacting - negatively and positively - to the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that protected a women’s right to abortion.
With Roe v Wade overturned, access to abortion in the US will now be determined at the state level. 26 states are now certain or likely to ban abortion outright, including 13 states that have 'trigger laws' which will automatically enact bans quickly, the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-choice research group, predicts.
The change in US policy comes just over four years after Ireland voted via referendum to overturn its constitutional ban on abortion. Despite the referendum result, or perhaps because of it, abortion remains a divisive subject in Ireland.
On Friday, Ireland’s Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly told the Irish Examiner that the changes to US Supreme Court rulings “have zero impact on the provision of healthcare services in Ireland.”
He added: "Termination services are being expanded in Ireland, with four more hospitals providing services this year."
Ivana Bacik, the leader of Ireland’s Labour Party, separately wrote in the Irish Examiner that the US Supreme Court’s judgment “undoubtedly represents a shocking step backwards,” but that it also has “two important messages for us here in Ireland."
Bacik says the Supreme Court’s decision “should strengthen our resolve to ensure effective access to safe, legal terminations of pregnancy” in Ireland, while also serving as a reminder in Ireland and across the world “that we can never take progress on women’s rights for granted.”
The Labour Party announced that it would be protesting the decision outside of the US Embassy in Dublin on Sunday.
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