Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: This paper is a self-reflective account of my experience of receiving a diagnosis of a fatal foetal anomaly in pregnancy in Ireland. It re-tells my story within the context of my memories of abortion in Ireland during the years 1992 to 2015. Placing my memories within a specific historical and social frame, this paper outlines how abortion was positioned in Ireland during these periods and reflects on how this positioning of abortion impacted upon my pregnancy. It further analyses the role that story-telling and personal experience played in the campaign to repeal the 8th Amendment and questions how these stories were treated differently from other forms of knowledge and epistemology.
Author: Amy Walsh
Institutions: University College Dublin, Technological University Dublin
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4214526697