This Bus Is Driving Around Ireland To Help Women Access Safe Abortion

ROSA, a reproductive rights group, wants to distribute information about medical abortions and support those facing crisis pregnancies, ahead of International Women’s Day.
posted on Mar. 6, 2017, at 5:52 a.m.
by Laura Silver
BuzzFeed News Reporter

IRELAND – A group of women are driving around Ireland to advocate for abortion rights, as many continue to oppose the country’s highly restrictive laws against the procedure.

The eighth amendment of the constitution of Ireland states the right to life of the unborn is equal to that of the woman, meaning that abortion is illegal unless a woman’s life is seen to be in immediate danger.

ROSA (Reproductive rights against Oppression, Sexism, and Austerity) will drive the “Bus4Repeal” between Dublin, Cork, and Galway between 6 and 8 March as part of ongoing campaigns for a referendum to repeal the eighth amendment.

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