Abortion Support Network
Formation | 2009; 15 years ago (2009) |
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Type | Abortion rights charity |
Founder | Mara Clarke |
Website | ASN.org.uk |
The Abortion Support Network is a UK based charity which provides financial assistance, accommodation and consultation to people from the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Malta, Gibraltar and Poland who are seeking an abortion abroad.
The charity was founded in 2009 by Mara Clarke.[1]
In 2017 as part of a coalition, ASN made a submission to the Citizens' Assembly.[2] That same year, ASN fund-raised and provided over £73,000 (€84,000) worth of grants for all associated expenses of obtaining an abortion, including travel. The team of volunteers fielded 1,009 phone calls (685 from Ireland) providing free advice.[3]
By 2020, ASN has made over £300,000 in grants, and been contacted by 5000 people. In partnership with five organisations in four countries, ASN launched Abortion Without Borders to help people in Poland access abortions.[4]
See also
- Abortion in the Republic of Ireland
- Abortion in Poland
- National Network of Abortion Funds, a similar organization working in the United States
References
- ^ "How This Woman Helps Hundreds of Pregnant Women in Ireland Access Safe, Legal Abortions". Cosmopolitan. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "List of Advocacy Groups, Interest Groups, other Representative Organisations and Political Parties Submissions to the Citizens' Assembly on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution" (PDF). Citizens' Assembly. 12 January 2017.
- ^ "Abortion Support Network: 'In a perfect world, our phone would never ring'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ "Pro-choice activists launch abortion initiative in Poland". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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- Malicious Shooting or Stabbing Act 1803
- Offences Against the Person Act 1828
- Offences Against the Person Act 1837
- Offences Against the Person Act 1861
- Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929
- Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945
- Abortion Act 1967
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
- Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019
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