Abortion and Citizenship Rights in a Devolved Region of the UK

Goretti Horgan; Julia S O'Connor

doi:10.1017/S1474746413000146

Abortion and Citizenship Rights in a Devolved Region of the UK

Goretti Horgan, Julia S O'Connor

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Abstract

The 1998 Belfast Agreement seemed to promise women in Northern Ireland equality. This article examines the extent to which that promise has been met by exploring abortion rights in the region. It situates abortion within a citizens’ rights framework. The article explores the interconnectedness of civil, political and social rights and the implications of an inability to vindicate those rights.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39-49
Journal	Social Policy and Society
Volume	13
Issue number	1
Early online date	18 Apr 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746413000146
Publication status	Published - Jan 2014

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Keywords

Northern Ireland
women
abortion
citizenship rights.

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Horgan, G., & O'Connor, J. S. (2014). Abortion and Citizenship Rights in a Devolved Region of the UK. Social Policy and Society, 13(1), 39-49. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746413000146

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