(James Forde/For The Washington Post)A woman canvasses with her baby. (James Forde/For The Washington Post)It’s in the rural heart of Ireland where there is greatest resistance. It broke your heart.”Between 1980 and 2016, at least 170,000 Irish women traveled to Britain for abortions. Kelly stressed that keeping abortion illegal in Ireland just made it dangerous — and sent Irish women abroad. At Trinity College Dublin, Una Harty, 21, said 73 percent of students in a Students’ Union poll supported free, safe, legal abortion in Ireland.

Source: Washington Post May 24, 2018 09:00 UTC