This chapter outlines the current position regarding abortion in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and provides a brief explanation of the history of abortion law in Ireland. It explains why the book adopts a historical and an all-island approach to the analysis of abortion in Ireland arguing that both provide the necessary context required to understand this complex and ‘live’ issue as part of a broader history of women’s health and female agency.
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Earner-Byrne, L., & Urquhart, D. (2019). Introduction. In Genders and Sexualities in History (pp. 1–8). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03855-7_1
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