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Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair

  • Human Rights

    The Abortion Referendum in Ireland: What Happened and What’s Next?

    By Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair As ballots were counted in Ireland’s historic vote to repeal the constitutional ban on abortion last Saturday, an informal tally took place alongside the official count, documenting the number of miraculous…

    The Abortion Referendum in Ireland: What Happened and What’s Next?

    Protesters in Dublin calling for Abortion rights
  • Conscience

    The Abortion Information Wars

    by Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair The Supreme Court is currently considering National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra, a challenge by abortion opponents to a California law that requires unlicensed centers in the…

    The Abortion Information Wars

  • Bioethics

    Institutional Conscience, Individual Conscience

    By Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair The debate over compulsory coverage for contraception rages on, with Notre Dame changing their policy on coverage for birth control again under Trump executive order allowing them to do so. The…

    Institutional Conscience, Individual Conscience

  • Contraceptive Coverage

    Why Are So Many American Women Dying in Childbirth?

    By Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair In November Serena Williams, indisputably one of the greatest – if not the greatest – tennis player in history gave birth to her daughter by emergency Caesarean section. After the surgery, Williams…

    Why Are So Many American Women Dying in Childbirth?

  • Conscience

    Medical Abortions and the Internet

    by Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair Early last summer, Facebook removed Women on Web’s page for ‘promoting drug use’. The Amsterdam-based organization connects women with doctors who prescribe the pills necessary for medical abortions and provides information…

    Medical Abortions and the Internet

  • Conscience

    Morality, Maturity, and Abortion Access in the US

    by Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair In the complex web of restrictions on abortion access, parental consent laws and judicial bypass mechanisms play a small, but hugely significant part. States are entitled to enact parental consent and…

    Morality, Maturity, and Abortion Access in the US

  • Bioethics

    The Mexico City Rule and Maternal Death

    By Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair The ‘Mexico City Rule’ is a Reagan-era regulation which bars US funding to worldwide NGOs which provide counselling relating to abortion, or referrals for abortion services, or which advocate for the…

    The Mexico City Rule and Maternal Death

  • Global Health

    Instagram and the Regulation of Eating Disorder Communities

    By Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair I’m sure not how much time the average health law enthusiast spends on Instagram, but as a rare opportunity to see health regulation in real-time, I’d encourage logging onto the site, which…

    Instagram and the Regulation of Eating Disorder Communities

  • Criminal Law

    Ireland’s Abortion Referendum and Medical Care in Pregnancy

    By Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair This week, Ireland made international headlines as the governing political party announced a date-range for a referendum on the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution, the provision which recognizes a fetal…

    Ireland’s Abortion Referendum and Medical Care in Pregnancy