Description
Book SynopsisA celebration and analysis of a 35-year long grassroots movement that successfully overturned the ban on abortion in Ireland
Trade Review‘A must-read for anyone interested in reproductive rights. It is a call-to-arms in the ongoing global fight for abortion access and reproductive justice’
-- Bríd Smith TD, People before Profit
'An indispensable and compelling read, showing how feminist organising changes law and changes activists'
-- Mairead Enright, Reader in Feminist Legal Studies, University of Birmingham and a founding member of Lawyers for Choice
‘An in-depth account of how the campaign was fought and won. It’s a fluidly written book filled with clear facts, passionate arguments and compassionate vignettes’
-- ‘Buzz’
Table of ContentsForeword – Ruth Coppinger
Prologue
1. Introducing the Real Heroes
2. Reproductive Oppressions in Ireland
3. Ireland's Dark History of Injustices Against Women - Camilla Fitzsimons & Sinead Kennedy
4. After the Eighth, the Slow Movement for Repeal - Sinead Kennedy
5. No Quiet Revolution - the Grassroots Gathers
6. The Together for Yes Campaign
7. The Battle Continues
8. Where to Next in the Struggle for Reproductive Rights?
