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Crossing troubled waters : abortion in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Prince Edward Island / edited by Colleen MacQuarrie, Fiona Bloomer, Claire Pierson, and Shannon Stettner.

Island Studies Press, 2018.

Abortion -- Ireland.

Abortion services -- Ireland.

Abortion -- Prince Edward Island.

Abortion services -- Prince Edward Island.

9781988692050 (pbk.)

xxx, 288 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Accounts of accessing abortion in Prince Edward Island : Canada's anti-choice island / Colleen MacQuarrie and Cathrine Chambers -- Conceivable possibilities : space, stigma, and subjectivity / Angele DesRoches -- "Don't talk about it" : the silenced experiences of allies and advocates to abortion access in PEI / Emily Rutledge -- Feminist liberation psychology : animating systemic change on abortion access in PEI / Colleen MacQuarrie -- The law of stigma, travel, and the abortion-free island / Joanna Erdman -- The Irish abortion debate / Ciara Meehan -- Mobility, migrants and abortion in Ireland / Sinéad Kennedy and Mary Gilmartin -- A 'united' kingdom? : the 1967 Abortion Act and Northern Ireland / Jennifer Thomson -- Anti-abortion myths in political discourse / Claire Pierson and Fiona Bloomer -- From grassroots to government : arts engagement strategies in abortion access activism in Ireland / Emma Campbell and Siobhan Clancy -- A tale of two islands : from the local to the global/international resonances / Marlene Gerber Fried.

"Accessing abortion services is challenging in many countries around the world. Barriers often result from a combination of factors, including poor access to healthcare, geographic location, legal restrictions, abortion stigma, and moral conservatism. Repeated studies have indicated that restricting access to abortion does not prevent it happening, but rather displaces it elsewhere and often results in unsafe abortion contributing to maternal mortality. Those living on islands face particular challenges presented by the geographic isolation that often necessitates travelling to other jurisdictions, which is financially and emotionally burdensome. This collection of essays shines a light on two islands--Ireland (north and south) and Prince Edward Island, Canada--and considers for each island why and how abortion remains restricted, the nature of the discourse of abortion on the island, the impact that restrictions have had, on-going efforts to improve access, and recent activist successes."--Back cover.

MacQuarrie, Colleen.

Bloomer, Fiona.

Pierson, Claire.

Stettner, Shannon.

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