Symphysiotomy
# symphysiotomy - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
Mixed response from symphysiotomy survivors to lifting statute of limitations
One group representing survivors has given a guarded welcome to the news, while another is uneasy about the idea.
# symphysiotomy - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
Government accepts Bill to allow for symphysiotomy compensation
Symphysiotomy was a surgical procedure used in Irish maternity hospitals until 1984. It involved the unnecessary unhinging of the patient’s pelvis during or after child birth.
Oireachtas agenda: Symphysiotomy, WW2 deserters, and new arrivals
The Dáil’s newest member, Helen McEntee, will be formally introduced to the chamber today.
# symphysiotomy - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
Symphysiotomy survivors call for statute bar to be set aside
A Bill will be debated in the Dáil next week.
# symphysiotomy - Saturday 6 April, 2013
‘Appalling’, ‘ghastly’ and ‘brutal’ – doctors describe symphysiotomy ordeal
Medical professionals from around the world have come out in support in Ireland’s symphysiotomy survivors. Here’s what they had to say.
# symphysiotomy - Friday 5 April, 2013
Survivors of Symphysiotomy group to present petition ahead of Dáil decision
Government is due to decide later this month on whether the statute of limitations should be set aside for survivors seeking legal recourse.
# symphysiotomy - Saturday 24 November, 2012
A history of symphysiotomy: the impact of Catholic ethics on Irish medicine
Extracts from a recent article by Jacqueline Morrissey published in History Ireland.
# symphysiotomy - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
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Symphysiotomy survivors gather to recount stories of torture
“Put fifty of us in a room and you’ll get different stories but the same ending. We are all cripples.”
# symphysiotomy - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
Interview: ‘I didn’t know if my baby was dead or alive for two days’
During the birth of her first son Rita McCann’s pelvis was broken – on purpose by doctors, in a symphysiotomy. That was 56 years ago, but she still doesn’t know why it was done.
# symphysiotomy - Tuesday 17 July, 2012
Government to consider special law to allow legal claims by symphysiotomy victims
The government will consider a suggestion from Gerry Adams to waive the statute of limitations for victims of the practice.
# symphysiotomy - Wednesday 11 July, 2012
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Supreme Court reduces symphysiotomy award to €325,000
Olivia Kearney will receive €325,000 instead of the €450,000 awarded by the High Court in March.
# symphysiotomy - Wednesday 27 June, 2012
Symphysiotomy survivors “repudiate” Walsh report
The 160 women who met last night to discuss the issue said they will not co-operate with phase two of the report.
# symphysiotomy - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
Author of symphysiotomy report “anxious” to meet survivors
Oonagh Walsh, who is seeking consultation on her draft report on symphysiotomy, said that she is “very anxious to meet with survivors”.
# symphysiotomy - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
Column: Don’t just blame the Catholic Church for symphysiotomies – blame the doctors
Catholic fundamentalism goes some way towards explaining the mid-set of obstetricians who performed the barbaric surgery, but it is not the entire story, writes Ruadhán Mac Aodháin.
# symphysiotomy - Friday 15 June, 2012
‘Unreserved sympathy’ for women who suffered symphysiotomies
The Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists described the procedure as an ‘exceptional and rare intervention’.
# symphysiotomy - Wednesday 13 June, 2012
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Survivors of symphysiotomy take next step in search for justice
The group of women will discuss their proposed draft bill to amend the statute of limitations in relation to the pelvic operations at an Oireachtas committee hearing today.
# symphysiotomy - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
Draft symphysiotomy report due this week
A report on the carrying out of symphysiotomies on Irish women is due in two days’ time. The government has said it is “committed to dealing with the women sensitively”.
# symphysiotomy - Sunday 1 April, 2012
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# symphysiotomy - Thursday 15 March, 2012
Dáil hears calls for justice for survivors of symphysiotomy
Symphysiotomy was a practice used during childbirth during the last century before the advent of safe Caesarean sections. However, it was used for longer in Ireland because of Catholic religious and ideological circumstances.
# symphysiotomy - Wednesday 14 March, 2012
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Dáil to debate symphysiotomy tomorrow
The 18th century practice of unhinging women’s pelvises after childbirth has left many survivors with permanent damage.
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