This letter first appeared in The Kerryman on the 3rd August 2016 While there’s much to criticise in Henry Gaynor’s most recent letter (The Kerryman, July 27) we would like to answer the charge contained in the final paragraphs. In these he accuses pro-choice campaigners of having ‘hijacked’ the tragedy of Fatal Foetal Abnormality. It’s the type of cynical charge…
Kerry for Choice Calls for the Urgent Need to Repeal the Eighth
This press statement was issued on the 21st April 2016 At a recent meeting, Kerry for Choice chairperson Paula Dennan called for the urgent need to Repeal the Eighth Amendment before more women’s lives were put at risk. The Eighth Amendment interferes with the patient/doctor relationship and stops women from accessing services they might need to save their lives. This was…
Kerry County Council Vote to Keep the Eighth Amendment
This letter first appeared in The Kerryman on the 27th January 2016 I am writing on behalf of Kerry For Choice, a recently formed, Kerry based, organisation that will be campaigning for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment. We do this to give a voice to the approximately 60 women, who leave Kerry annually, for reproductive medical care outside Ireland.…