'Impossible to Possible': Abortion Provision in Ireland - TEDx Talk by Dr Mary Favier
18 April 2019
In a recent TEDx talk given at University College Cork (UCC), Cork-based general practitioner (GP) Dr Mary Favier describes how she campaigned for many years to remove the Eighth Amendment, and takes us on a moving journey from Ireland’s past, present and future showcasing the devastating struggles Irish women have faced in relation to abortions in Ireland in the past and the hope which we live in now as a result of the successful repeal of the Eighth Amendment.
Dr Mary Favier is a specialist in family medicine and practices in Cork city; she was a co-founder of Doctors for Choice. She is a member of the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) and a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). She is a guest teacher on the UCC postgraduate GP training scheme. She has been Chair of Education in the ICGP and is currently president-elect of the ICGP. She campaigned for many years to remove the Eighth Amendment as it was harmful to Irish women’s health. She advocated improving clinical care by introducing early medical abortion provision in a primary care setting in Ireland.