Janet O'Sullivan

Janet O'Sullivan
Nationality Irish
Other names Janet Ní Shuilleabháin
Known for Pro-choice campaigning
Website janet.ie

Janet O'Sullivan is a pro-choice campaigner in Ireland. She is a spokesperson for the Abortion Rights Campaign.[1] She publishes under both the Irish version of her name, Janet Ní Shuilleabháin, and the English version Janet O'Sullivan.[2][3] In 2016, the BBC included her in the list of 100 Women for "inspirational and influential women for 2016"[4]

Campaigning

O'Sullivan has been a pro-choice believer since the early 1990s when the X Case made the news and her own abortion a few years later.[5] As the spokesperson for the Abortion Rights Campaign, she has often written in national newspapers, or appeared on radio and TV about the abortion debate in Ireland.[6]

O'Sullivan is also a Bi visible activist who has campaigned for Marriage Equality.[7][8]

Referendum on the Eighth Amendment

Janet O'Sullivan is in favour of the repeal of the Eighth Amendment and is working towards the goal of repealing the amendment, introducing legislation both in Ireland and Northern Ireland and ensuring that women have the right to choose.[9]

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