AIMS IrelandCapacity pregnancy and consent: Disability and the 8th amendment
Our Aims Are Shared Maria NI Fhlatharta It’s a fact that everyone should know before they vote in May – it really is the crux of the debate –Is that people who are pregnant in Ireland are not able to… Read More
AIMS Ireland: March for Choice 2017
Aims Ireland marched for Choice again in 2017. We campaign for choice in all aspects of the maternity services in Ireland. This means choice in whether you want to be pregnant or not, choice in where you have… Read More
The 8th amendment; Its effects on continuing pregnancy
The Association for the Improvements in the Maternity Services have represented service users views for the last 10 years. We provide a support service to people who have had difficulties with the maternity services and we played a… Read More
Breaking: AIMS Ireland calls on government to set a date for a referendum on the 8th, let the people grant bodily autonomy to all, and stop the dilution of democracy
AIMS Ireland calls on the government to set a date for a referendum on the 8th amendment without delay. The Citizens Assembly has again proven that there is a strong desire for change and that there is a… Read More
AIMSI Ireland Statement on the Newly Launched Standards for Maternity Care in Ireland 21st Dec 2016
AIMSI Ireland Statement on the Newly Launched Standards for Maternity Care in Ireland 21st Dec 2016 Contact Dr. Krysia Lynch 0877543751 Chair@aimsireland.com Website aimsireland.ie AIMS Ireland welcomes the launch today of the Maternity Care Standards for Ireland by… Read More
The AIMS Ireland submission to the Citizens’ Assembly
The AIMS Ireland original submission to the Citizens’ Assembly on the urgent need to repeal the 8th amendment submitted on the 16th December 2016 AIMS Ireland Submission to the Citizens’ Assembly Comments were made as to the 8th… Read More
AIMS Ireland Statement on the publication of Judge Maureen Harding-Clark’s report into the Surgical Symphysiotomy Ex Gratia Payment Scheme and media commentary on the same.
The Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS) Ireland is outraged at the suggestion that the survivors of symphysiotomy have exaggerated, or been in some way dishonest, in their claims in what has been a long and… Read More
7 points on the High Court’s refusal to force a woman to undergo a C-section against her will
These points relate to the case of HSE vs B. The in-camera reporting of the case was lifted on 2nd November 2016, over a month after the original case was heard. The case relates to the HSE who… Read More
Breaking News: AIMS Ireland release survey result from nearly 3,000 women on issue of Consent in Maternity Care #WMTY2014
Monday, February 2, 2015: The Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services Ireland (AIMS Ireland) today released the first wave of statistics from their “What Matters to You?” 2014 (WMTY) survey highlighting statistics for consent in pregnancy, during… Read More
Information vs Advice: A Guide to Self Advocacy
From the moment you discover you are pregnant you are surrounded by a litany of ‘experts’ all encouraging you in different directions. Where will you give birth? Who will attend you? Are you going public or private? Seeing… Read More