Deutsche Welle's Carl Nasman spotlights @TwoWomenTravel, a Twitter account documenting the experience of two Irish women who traveled to Great Britain to access abortion care for one of the women. According to Nasman, research shows an average of 13 women each day travel from Ireland or Northern Ireland, where abortion is largely banned, to obtain abortion care in Great Britain.
Nasman shares multiple tweets from the @TwoWomenTravel account, including one of a "very impactful picture" of blood-strained bedsheets in a hotel room. The tweet, which tags Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, reads, "Not the first or the last bleeding woman about to face a long tre[k] home @EndaKennyTD #twowomentravel." Nasman notes that the tweet "point[s] out the difficulties of traveling after an abortion."
Nasman also shares interactions other users have had with the movement. One such tweet reads, "Tweeting your journey for an abortion is not shocking. Being forced to leave the country to have control of your own body is. #twowomentravel"
According to Nasman, advocacy against Ireland's abortion restrictions is "picking up new momentum." He draws attention to other abortion-rights activism, such as the Twitter hashtag, #BanTheEighth, and an effort to deliver medication abortion via drone (Nasman, Deutsche Welle, 8/23).
