Irish Family Planning Association, Dublin, Ireland.
St George's, University of London, London, UK.
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2020 Jan;62:36-48. doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2019.05.011. Epub 2019 May 27.
In May 2018, the Irish electorate voted to remove from the Constitution one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the world. This referendum followed 35 years of legal cases, human rights advocacy, feminist activism and governmental and parliamentary processes. The reframing of abortion as an issue of women's health rather than foetal rights was crucial to the success of law reform efforts. The new law, enacted in 2018, provides for access to abortion on a woman's request up to 12 weeks of pregnancy and in situations of risk to the life or of serious harm to the health of the pregnant woman and fatal foetal anomaly thereafter. Abortion is now broadly accessible in Ireland; however, continued advocacy is needed to ensure that the state meets international human rights standards and that access to abortion care and abortion rights is fully secured within the law.
2018 年 5 月，爱尔兰选民投票决定从宪法中删除世界上最严格的堕胎禁令之一。这次公投是在 35 年的法律案件、人权倡导、女权主义激进主义以及政府和议会程序之后进行的。将堕胎重新定义为妇女健康问题而不是胎儿权利问题，这对于法律改革努力的成功至关重要。新法律于 2018 年颁布，规定在怀孕 12 周内，以及在危及孕妇生命或严重损害其健康或胎儿致命畸形的情况下，应根据妇女的请求提供堕胎服务。现在在爱尔兰堕胎已经广泛获得，但仍需要继续倡导，以确保国家符合国际人权标准，并在法律框架内充分确保堕胎护理和堕胎权利的获得。
