@article{1359893,
      recid = {1359893},
      author = {Earner-Byrne, Lindsey. and Urquhart, Diane.},
      title = {The Irish Abortion Journey, 1920-2018 /},
      pages = {1 online resource (XXII, 158 pages 8 illustrations, 4  illustrations in color.) :},
      abstract = {'The first fully comprehensive, accessible account of  Irish women's struggle for bodily autonomy against powerful  male-dominated institutions of state and society. It maps  the historical context of the island, the prevailing norms  and mores over the decades, the similarities and  differences in both states, and firmly place women's value  and autonomy as citizens within that, highlighting the  hypocrisy, misogyny and careless attitudes that prevented  and continue to prevent women from determining their own  morality. It charts an amazing journey that is far from  over, and articulates a narrative that many people will  recognise. - Dawn Purvis, Former Director of Marie Stopes  UK, Northern Ireland This book reframes the Irish abortion  narrative within the history of womens reproductive health  and explores the similarities and differences that shaped  the history of abortion within the two states on the island  of Ireland. Since the legalisation of abortion in Britain  in 1967, an estimated 200,000 women have travelled from  Ireland to England for an abortion. However, this abortion  trail is at least a century old and began with women  migrating to Britain to flee moral intolerance in Ireland  towards unmarried mothers and their offspring. This study  highlights how attitudes to unmarried motherhood reflected  a broader cultural acceptance that morality should trump  concerns regarding maternal health. This rationale bled  into social and political responses to birth control and  abortion and was underpinned by an acknowledgement that in  prioritising morality some women would die.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1359893},
}