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18th December 2016
09:48pm GMT
People have taken to Twitter to share sympathy for the women who are forced out of their own country to access abortion services abroad.This week @LdnIrishARC launched #Choice4Xmas, to get people travelling home to Ireland to Check In For Choice. pic.twitter.com/kUid5rBreR
— Abortion Rights IE (@freesafelegal) December 18, 2016
Pembroke to Rosslare. Thinking of the 11 Irish women a day who travel to England to access safe abortion #repealthe8th #choice4xmas pic.twitter.com/PhxyvfGm4f — Max Sullivan (@maxpsullivan) December 18, 2016
In Cherbourg.. thinking of those forced to get the boat home criminalised w beloved baby's remains in the boot #repealthe8th #choice4xmas pic.twitter.com/bAchco3ZJ2
— Brian Leonard (@BrianLeonardFR) December 18, 2016
Happy to be home, thinking of how the 11 women a day who travel to Britain for abortion feel when they return. #choice4xmas #repealthe8th pic.twitter.com/1mdNyg3UMZ — Cara (@Caraquest) December 18, 2016
Travelling home for xmas, a much shorter distance than irish women have to travel for their rights. #choice4xmas #repealthe8th
— Emily Reynolds (@laracroft838) December 18, 2016
Boarding the plane ✈️ in Brussels thinking if people forced to travel from Ireland for healthcare #choice4xmas #repealthe8th pic.twitter.com/jK9IYkYwgu — Jessica M (@codenamewallaby) December 18, 2016
Getting the train to Brussels airport thinking of the women forced to travel abroad for a legal abortion. #repealthe8th #choice4xmas pic.twitter.com/e495mGECrs
— Jessica M (@codenamewallaby) December 18, 2016
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