Choice Ireland

Commenting on a new report showing that 33% of women with very young children viewed their pregnancies as crisis pregnancies, spokesperson Sinéad Ahern described it as a “sad finding” which demonstrates the need for increased supports for women before, during and after pregnancy.

Ahern said:

Choice Ireland has today welcomed the decision by the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) to approve the emergency contraceptive pill NorLevo for sale without a prescription.

This follows intensive campaigning by the voluntary group for over-the-counter access and last month's announcement by the Boots chain that its pharmacists would begin dispensing the morning-after pill.

Commenting, spokesperson Sinéad Ahern said:

Choice Ireland welcome decision to make emergency contraception
available without prescription

After campaigning on the issue for many years, Choice Ireland are today welcoming the decision by the Boots pharmacy chain to make emergency contraception available in pharmacies without prescription.

Choice Ireland have again called for emergency contraception to be made available over the counter after a report that a GP refused to prescribe it on "religious and ethical" grounds.

The Kerryman newspaper reported this week that a young woman who attended the Tralee SouthDoc out-of-hours clinic on Sunday was turned away and had to travel to Cork the next day to get a prescription.

Spokesperson Sinéad Ahern said:

Choice Ireland was involved in organising the 2010 Feminist Walking Tour in Dublin on International Women's Day.  Below is the text of the booklet produced for the tour and audio recording made during the tour.  To see the locations mapped see Andrew Flood's

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