Amanda Mellet

A new generation of people, many born since 1983, want to have their say on the issue

The Eighth Amendment needs to go, and a legal and healthcare framework put in place that respects women’s and girls’ rights

In the last four years more than 300 couples have got a catastropic diagnosis and the majority will have made the decision to “travel”

Taoiseach cannot be that ignorant of an issue which has divided Irish society for decades and on which he had to reluctantly legislate in 2013

Private Members’ Bill allows for termination in cases of fatal foetal abnormality

TDs will vote on the legislation proposed by Mick Wallace on June 30th

Taoiseach warns against an immediate attempt to repeal the Eighth Amendment

Ruth Coppinger says abortion assembly a ‘charade’ and accuses Kenny of not listening

Taoiseach says ‘it is pointless rushing into a referendum’ without consensus

The onus on the State is a political/diplomatic one – how long does Ireland mind being cited internationally as being in breach of the covenant?

Pregnant Irish woman Amanda Mellet’s case gives this UN opinion greater legal weight

Complainant to UN says Government must ensure no other woman suffers similar violations

Groups respond to findings of UN Human Rights Committe in fatal abnormalities case

Committee calls for women to be permitted to voluntarily terminate pregnancy safely

Numbers of Irish travelling for abortion for medical reasons ‘has risen steadily’

New-York-based Center for Reproductive Rights says Wexford woman had been subjected to ‘cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment’