by Dr Mary Favier | TEDx University College Cork, Ireland
You Tube, 3 April 2019
Cork-based GP and co-founder of Doctors for Choice Ireland, Dr Mary Favier describes how she campaigned for many years to remove the 8th Amendment as it was harmful to Irish women’s health. Dr Favier 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 8th amendment. She is a specialist in family medicine and is in practice in Cork. She is a member of the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) and a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners. She is a guest teacher on the University College Cork post-graduate general practitioner training scheme. She has been Chair of Education in the ICGP and is currently president-elect of the ICGP. She advocated improving clinical care by introducing early medical abortion provision in primary care settings in Ireland.