Speaking of IMELDA

VLW are joined by members of Speaking of IMELDA, a direct action feminist performance group challenging the ongoing problem of IMELDA (Ireland Making England the Legal Destination for Abortion). They use performance to campaign on abortion rights, with a focus on Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. We discuss the shocking fact that women in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland do not have access to safe, legal abortions where they live, leading those who are in need of abortions to go to desperate lengths to access them. The archaic laws which create and maintain this situation are being challenged by the Repeal the 8th campaign, which refers to an amendment which attempts to equate the life of the pregnant woman to that of an embryo / fetus.

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