When the details about abortion access were removed from the Winging It in UCDhandbooks, it drew attention to the fact that this information is still illegal to distribute in Ireland. The 1995 Regulation of Information Act states that information regarding abortions is only legal under certain vague conditions. One of the main conditions is that the information be solicited.
Information about how to obtain an abortion, through pills, in Ireland is illegal, although there has never been a prosecution for this crime. Nobody has been charged for taking abortion pills in Ireland since the 2013 Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act outlined the Destruction of Unborn Human Life as an offence.
The limits of the law have been publicly demonstrated by pro-choice advocates. In October 2016, People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith brought abortion pills into the Dáil and showed them to her fellow TDs, challenging the government to arrest her.
“You could arrest me for having it and give me 14 years, but you ain’t going to do it” Smith told the Dáil. “You know that if you dare to implement it, you would bring hell-fire and brimstone down on top of this house.”
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