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Nell McCafferty on Women

1944–2024 Northern Ireland

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We were touching a raw nerve. Women in Ireland wanted contraception. I mean, six children on average. Or maybe more.

It was massive that the crowd agreed with us because it was against the church. You just knew it resonated with women who thought "I needn’t get pregnant".

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nell McCafferty (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.