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Website | WomenHurt.ie |
Women Hurt is an Irish anti-abortion organisation for women who regret having an abortion.[2] They campaign against change in the state's abortion law. They have appeared on TV debates about abortion,[3] and participated in anti-abortion protests.[4]
Women Hurt was founded in 2011[n 1] by Bernadette Goulding and Lynn Coles, both of whom regretted their abortions.[2] Goulding in 2003 had founded an Irish chapter of Rachel's Vineyard, a similar organisation with a Catholic perspective.[8][9][1] Coles had worked with a group called Surrendering the Secret, described as "an abortion recovery Bible study rooted in the Gospel".[1][10][11]
In 2013, during the debate about Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, representatives spoke at the National Vigil for Life organised by the Pro Life Campaign,[12] and they participated in the 2014 Vigil.[13]
In 2017, Women Hurt was one of 17 groups selected to present to the Citizens' Assembly during its review of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, which underpins Irish abortion law.[14] Women Hurt was represented by Anthony Levatino, a Doctor from the USA,[15] which drew criticism for being a male doctor talking about abortion rather than a personal story from a woman who regretted her abortion.[16]