Repealing Ireland's Eighth Amendment: abortion rights and democracy today

Drążkiewicz, Ela, Strong, Thomas, Scheper-Hughes, Nancy, Turpin, Hugh, Saris, A. Jamie, Mishtal, Joanna, Wulff, Helena, French, Brigittine, Garvey, Pauline, Miller, Daniel, Murphy, Fiona, Maguire, Louise and Ní Mhórdha, Máire (2020) Repealing Ireland's Eighth Amendment: abortion rights and democracy today. Social Anthropology, 28 (3). pp. 561-584. ISSN 0964-0282

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Abstract

In 2018, the Irish public voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution, which since 1983 banned abortion in the country. While this was a watershed moment in Irish history, it was not unconnected to wider discussions now taking place around the world concerning gender, reproductive rights, the future of religion, Church–State relationships, democracy and social movements. With this Forum, we want to prompt some anthropological interpretations of Ireland’s repeal of the Eighth Amendment as a matter concerning not only reproductive rights, but also questions of life and death, faith and shame, women and men, state power and individual liberty, and more. We also ask what this event might mean (if anything) for other societies dealing with similar issues?

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	abortion; Ireland; Repeal the 8th; reproductive rights; social change
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics K Law > KDK Republic of Ireland
Divisions:	School of Business > Staff Research and Publications
Depositing User:	Tamara Malone
Date Deposited:	12 Jun 2025 14:59
Last Modified:	12 Jun 2025 14:59
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/7834

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