After Repeal

Front Cover
Half Title
About the editors
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction: research
Part I: The politics of repeal
One: The 2018 abortion referendum: over
before it began!
	Introduction
	The abortion votes
	Changing attitudes to abortion
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgements
	Note
Two: Explaining repeal: a long-term view
	1970s: the second wave and contraceptive activism
	1980s–1990s: repeal the 8th and its antecedents
	2018 and beyond: conclusion
	Note
Three: “The only lawyer on the panel”:
anti-choice lawfare in the battle for
abortion law reform
	Lawfare: an outline
	Anti-choice actors and lawfare in the 2018 No campaign
	Lawfare in the debates on the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018
	Conclusion: the impact of anti-choice lawfare on liberal legal discourse
	Notes
Four: Abortion pills in Ireland and beyond:
what can the 8th Amendment referendum
tell us about the future of self-managed
abortion?
	Introduction
	Abortion pills and the 8th Amendment referendum
	Conclusion
	Notes
	Legislative debates cited
Five: Of trust and mistrust: the politics of repeal
	Introduction
	Political trust and the Irish context
	Political (mis)trust: the Citizens’ Assembly
	Conclusion
	Notes
Part II: Campaigns and campaigning
Six: “Enough judgement”: reflections on
campaigning for repeal in rural Ireland
	Introduction
	Into the west: representations of rural Ireland
	Catholicism: keeping the faith?
	Saying ‘yes’ to repeal in rural Ireland: reflections on a campaign
	#Repealthe8th: rural Ireland’s digital toolbox
	Conclusion
	Notes
Seven: Campaigning for choice: canvassing as
feminist pedagogy in Dublin Bay North
	Dublin Bay North
	The campaign in Dublin Bay North
	The Irish women’s movement and feminist pedagogy
	Canvassing for repeal as an empowering feminist pedagogy
	Conclusion
	Notes
Eight: #Tá: pro-choice activism in the Irish
language community
	An Ghaeilge agus Éire ~ Ireland and the Irish language
	Bunú Gaeil ar son Rogha ~ The formation of Gaeil ar son Rogha (Irish Speakers for Choice)
	Na Meáin ~ Media
	Scéalta pearsanta ~ personal stories
	Guthanna éagsúla ó áiteanna difriúla ~ Different voices from different places
	Dátheangachas ~ Bilingualism
	Cad atá foghlamtha againn? ~ What have we learned?
	Notes
Nine: Maser’s ‘Repeal the 8th’ mural: the power
of public art in the age of social media
	(Hybrid) public space and public art
	The appearance and disappearance of the mural
	The abortion debate: a battle over public space
	Political public art and activism in the digital age
	Conclusion
	Notes
Ten: Repealing a ‘legacy of shame’: press
coverage of emotional geographies of
secrecy and shame in Ireland’s
abortion debate
	Introduction
	The itinerary of secret shame
	Conclusion
	Notes
Part III: Futures: Ireland and beyond
Eleven Placing the Catholic Church: the moral
landscape of repealing the 8th
	Introduction
	Moral monopolies
	The Catholic Church and the Vote No campaign
	Other voices
	Catholic Church responses to the referendum outcomes
	A pluralistic moral landscape
	Notes
Twelve: Losing Ireland: heteroactivist
responses to the result of the 8th
Amendment in Canada and the UK
	Introduction
	Methodologies
	Keep your rosaries off my ovaries: repositioning traditional tropes
	Losing Ireland, holding on to the North: exceptionalism, elites and the ongoing contest
	Conclusion
	Notes
Thirteen: The primacy of place: in vitro ‘unborn’
and the 8th Amendment
	Introduction
	Assisted human reproduction
	Ireland’s pronatalism
	Ireland and ‘the unborn’
	Ireland’s ‘Brave New World’?
	Notes
Fourteen: Northern Ireland after repealing the
8th: democratic challenges
	Introduction
	The politics of signification
	The politics of signification: framing abortion politics in Northern Ireland after the 8th
	Conclusion: Northern Ireland after the 8th
	Notes
Fifteen: Reflections after the Irish referendum:
abortion, the Catholic Church and
pro-choice mobilisation in Poland
	Introduction
	‘Ireland today, Poland tomorrow’? Reaction to results of Irish referendum
	Background and the current state of legislation
	Recent developments: new bills in parliament, basic facts and timeline
	The church and its lay networks
	Partisan politics and the government’s reaction
	Pro-choice mobilisation
	Conclusions
	Notes
Bibliography
Index