Author profile: Lorraine Grimes

Lorraine Grimes is an activist in the West of Ireland. She has been a member of a number of pro-choice groups over the last four years. She was Co-Secretary of Galway Together for Yes, the national campaign advocating for a Yes vote in Galway County during the 2018 referendum. She is also currently doing a PhD at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her research focuses on the historical migration of Irish single expectant women to Britain. Her thesis is entitled ‘Migration and Assistance: Irish Unmarried Mothers in Britain 1926-1979’. She is also a member of Abortion Access Campaign West, a women’s collective in the west of Ireland focusing on securing access to abortion for all women, particularly marginalised women, in the west of Ireland.

Contact Abortion Access Campaign West on:

https://aacwest.wordpress.com/

Email: abortionaccesscampaignwest@gmail.com

Twitter: @AAC_West

Facebook: Abortion Access Campaign West

The Fight Continues: New Access to Abortion Services in Ireland

Lorraine Grimes • Mar 8 2019 • Articles

It has been ten months since Ireland voted to allow abortions. But protests, fraudulent help-lines and websites by pro-life groups mean the fight is still on-going.

Please Consider Donating

Before you download your free e-book, please consider donating to support open access publishing.

E-IR is an independent non-profit publisher run by an all volunteer team. Your donations allow us to invest in new open access titles and pay our bandwidth bills to ensure we keep our existing titles free to view. Any amount, in any currency, is appreciated. Many thanks!

Donations are voluntary and not required to download the e-book - your link to download is below.

Subscribe

Get our weekly email