# symphysiotomy - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
One group representing survivors has given a guarded welcome to the news, while another is uneasy about the idea.
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# symphysiotomy - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
Symphysiotomy was a surgical procedure used in Irish maternity hospitals until 1984. It involved the unnecessary unhinging of the patient’s pelvis during or after child birth.
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The Dáil’s newest member, Helen McEntee, will be formally introduced to the chamber today.
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# symphysiotomy - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
A Bill will be debated in the Dáil next week.
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# symphysiotomy - Saturday 6 April, 2013
Medical professionals from around the world have come out in support in Ireland’s symphysiotomy survivors. Here’s what they had to say.
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# symphysiotomy - Friday 5 April, 2013
Government is due to decide later this month on whether the statute of limitations should be set aside for survivors seeking legal recourse.
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# symphysiotomy - Saturday 24 November, 2012
Extracts from a recent article by Jacqueline Morrissey published in History Ireland.
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# symphysiotomy - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
Good morning. Here’s nine things to know this morning…
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“Put fifty of us in a room and you’ll get different stories but the same ending. We are all cripples.”
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# symphysiotomy - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
During the birth of her first son Rita McCann’s pelvis was broken – on purpose by doctors, in a symphysiotomy. That was 56 years ago, but she still doesn’t know why it was done.
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# symphysiotomy - Tuesday 17 July, 2012
The government will consider a suggestion from Gerry Adams to waive the statute of limitations for victims of the practice.
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# symphysiotomy - Wednesday 11 July, 2012
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
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Olivia Kearney will receive €325,000 instead of the €450,000 awarded by the High Court in March.
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# symphysiotomy - Wednesday 27 June, 2012
The 160 women who met last night to discuss the issue said they will not co-operate with phase two of the report.
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# symphysiotomy - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
Oonagh Walsh, who is seeking consultation on her draft report on symphysiotomy, said that she is “very anxious to meet with survivors”.
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# symphysiotomy - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
Catholic fundamentalism goes some way towards explaining the mid-set of obstetricians who performed the barbaric surgery, but it is not the entire story, writes Ruadhán Mac Aodháin.
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# symphysiotomy - Friday 15 June, 2012
The Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists described the procedure as an ‘exceptional and rare intervention’.
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# symphysiotomy - Wednesday 13 June, 2012
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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The group of women will discuss their proposed draft bill to amend the statute of limitations in relation to the pelvic operations at an Oireachtas committee hearing today.
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# symphysiotomy - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
A report on the carrying out of symphysiotomies on Irish women is due in two days’ time. The government has said it is “committed to dealing with the women sensitively”.
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# symphysiotomy - Sunday 1 April, 2012
Our nightly round-up of the day’s main news, and the bits-and-pieces you might have missed…
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# symphysiotomy - Thursday 15 March, 2012
Symphysiotomy was a practice used during childbirth during the last century before the advent of safe Caesarean sections. However, it was used for longer in Ireland because of Catholic religious and ideological circumstances.
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# symphysiotomy - Wednesday 14 March, 2012
Your evening round-up of the day’s biggest news stories, plus the bits you may have missed along the way…
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The 18th century practice of unhinging women’s pelvises after childbirth has left many survivors with permanent damage.
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