1983
Open Door Counselling is established to provide non-directive pregnancy counseling services
A History in the Headlines
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1983 Open Door Counselling is established to provide non-directive pregnancy counseling services |
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1983 Irish Times profile during referendum debate on a proposed constitutional right to life for the unborn. |
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1987 Article in Conscience, a journal of pro-choice opinion published in the United States, during lecture trip following the forced closure of Open Door Counselling. |
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1987 From the American radical publication, Workers' World, drawing parallels between the struggle for choice in Ireland and the U.S. |
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1987 News report in the Irish Times announcing forced closure of Open Door Counselling. |
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1987 A similar story in the Irish Press. |
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1987 From the Irish Press, discussing the implications of the ban on abortion information. |
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1987 From the Sunday Independent. |
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1988 Announcement of appeal to the Irish Supreme Court to overturn ban on abortion information. |
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1990 From the Evening Herald, discussing the appeal to the European Court of Human Rights which followed the unsuccessful appeal to the Irish Supreme Court. |
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1990 An Irish Times feature following Mary Robinson's historic election to the Presidency of the Irish Republic. |
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1992 From The Times of London report on the victory in the European Court of Human Rights, overturning the Irish Courts ban on abortion information. |
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1992 A comprehensive profile in the Sunday Tribune of Ruth Ridick and her work on the frontlines of choice.
"The case has gained her a place in the Irish liberal pantheon." |
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1992 From the Irish Times: a report on the ECHR victory, and a canvassing of political opinion in the aftermath. |
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1992 An Irish Times report on the political and legal implications in Ireland of the pro-choice victory. |
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