In 2007, aged just 17, Amy Dunne was forced to go to the High Court to fight for her right to travel for an abortion, after a scan revealed that the baby she was carrying had a fatal abnormality and would not survive. From then on, known only as “Miss D”, Amy Dunne found herself at the centre of Ireland’s bitter abortion debate. Now in her 30s, she has written a memoir, I Am (Miss D) Amy Dunne, in which she reflects on the culture of shame that she and many other Irish women have lived through. In today’s episode of the Irish Times Women’s Podcast she talks to Róisín Ingle about the trauma she endured as “Miss D”, what she has learned from it and why no one should ever have to experience what she went through.
I am Miss D: Amy Dunne on fighting for her right to an abortion
Episode 558 Amy Dunne tells Róisín Ingle about finding herself at the centre of Ireland’s bitter abortion debate
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