For the month of January, I'm going sober to raise funds and awareness of the campaign to repeal the 8th.This year, Ireland will hold a referendum to repeal the 8th amendment to it's constitution. The 8th amendment recognised the equal right to life of the mother and the unborn child, meaning that safe and legal abortion is illegal without exception.

Every day, 11 women travel to the UK from Ireland for an abortion. At least 150,000 Irish women have travelled to other countries to procure abortions since 1980. People who procure abortion within the country risk a 14 year jail term. Doctors can be jailed too. In one particular case a mother faced a jail term for procuring abortion pills for her 16 year old daughter.

Whether you would have one yourself, the right to safe, legal and free abortion is a human right. Every year 68,000 women die from an illegal abortion gone wrong. Please give what you can to support this campaign!