Clarke describes herself and the London-based Abortion Support Network (ASN) she founded as the “plaster” on Ireland’s abortion laws. With 90 volunteers, she provides advice and help to women in Ireland on how to travel to the UK to get terminations. Support and adviceWhen they opened the phone lines in 2009, there were 89 calls. Unless abortions are free, you are still going to need an abortion fundUnder Government plans, terminations will be accessible in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. “Unless abortions are free, you are still going to need an abortion fund,” she says.

Source: The Irish Times May 23, 2018 00:22 UTC