Im Gespräch mit Goretti Horgan

Is she the female Eamonn or is he the male Goretti ? Foyle Pride 2010 - Derry/Londonderry - Northern Ireland. Wiki File: Goretti Horgan (born 5 July in the 1950s) is an Irish socialist activist. Born in Ireland, Horgan was named for Maria Goretti. She attended university before moving to England. She later returned to Dublin, where she became involved in pro-choice campaigning. In 1986, she moved to Derry, where she helped set up a group to assist women to travel to Great Britain for legal abortions. This organisation later founded Alliance for Choice to campaign for the legalisation of abortion in Ireland. Horgan also joined the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). Her partner is Eamonn McCann, a leading figure in the SWP. She is the official leader of the Socialist Environmental Alliance and works full time as a Research Fellow at the University of Ulster.

Auf der Konferenz unseres Bündnisses am 9./10. Juli 2016 in Berlin wurden unter dem Motto „Mein Körper – meine Verantwortung – meine Entscheidung: Weg mit § 218!“ Strategien zur Durchsetzung des Selbstbestimmungsrechts von Frauen diskutiert. Hier findet ihr ein Video mit Goretti Horgan, irische Pro-Choice Aktivistin.

Die Konferenz bildete den Auftakt einer von der Bewegungsstiftung geförderten Kampagne, um eine neue Debatte über den Paragraphen 218 StGB anzustoßen.