Stephanie Lord

Stephanie Lord is an activist, blogger, writer and feminist from Drogheda, Ireland. She has been involved in a number of campaigns on sexual health and reproductive rights, and is a member of Dublin-based pro-choice campaign group Choice Ireland as well being a founding member of the Irish Family Planning Association’s youth section, ASK. She is also involved with YSAFE, a network of young volunteers active in International Planned Parenthood Federation’s (IPPF) European Network member associations. Stephanie graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Law (UCD), and also holds an Honours Diploma in Housing and Community Studies. She is currently completing an MSc in Equality Studies in the School of Social Justice, University College Dublin.

Ireland: Importing and Exporting Abortion

A rise in the number of illegal abortion pills imported into Ireland indicates increasing reliance on DIY abortions by women desperate to terminate a pregnancy but lacking access to services at home and money to travel abroad.