The national membership group for survivors of symphysiotomy has finally been invited to Hawkins House. Survivors of Symphysiotomy, the group founded in 2002, has been invited to meet the Minister for Health tomorrow at 11.00 at the Department of Health.…
Video: Clare Daly calls for action toward justice for survivors of symphysiotomy
Dublin North TD Clare Daly today called upon the government to take immediate steps toward justice for the survivors of symphysiotomy in Ireland. Speaking during leader’s questions the United Left Alliance TD spoke at length about the unique needs of…
Irish Examiner calls for Taoiseach examine redress for symphysiotomy cases.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 In the Irish Examiner today Terry Prone calls for Enda Kenny to show leadership on the issue of symphysiotomy now that matters are beginning to come to head with the imminent publication of the Walsh Report…
Symphysiotomy and human rights
This article first appeared in Human Rights Ireland and is by the Chairperson of SOS, Marie O’Connor. The Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013 for survivors of symphysiotomy is now before the Select Committee on Justice of the Irish Parliament. Its passage…
SoS Ireland gives a guarded welcome to Government support of their Bill.
Survivors of Symphysiotomy have given a guarded welcome to the announcement that the Government would not oppose the Second State of their Bill setting aside the statute bar for survivors, but have called for its speedy enactment. SoS has welcomed…
The Walsh Report Ireland
The Walsh terms of reference were defective. Crucially, they excluded survivor testimony, which would have nullified the report’s most fundamental findings, that symphysiotomy was done mainly as an emergency procedure and that it was ‘safer’ than Caesarean section. Hospital reports…
Irish Times Opinion covering the Walsh Report and lifting the statute bar in Ireland
OPINION:A lobby group wants the statute of limitations to be temporarily lifted for survivors of what were covert, unnecessary and injurious operations. Mon, Sep 17, 2012 A YOUNG, healthy woman expecting her second child, and a repeat Caesarean section, was…
Draft: Shortened Walsh Report now online
Draft Report on Symphysiotomy in Ireland from 1944 to 1984 Please note: This report is disputed by SOS Ireland and is provided as an aide to researchers and those studying the subject. The report is in no way endorsed by…
Press release: Symphysiotomy survivors express concerns at the publication of the draft Walsh Report into the practice of Symphysitomy in Ireland
The Walsh Report on symphysiotomy has been given a lukewarm response by survivors of the operation across Ireland. The body representing survivors and their families, Survivors of Symphysiotomy (SoS) have described the report as ‘a damp squib from a slow…
Cork Independent: SOS Survivor Eileen Murphy critical of ministerial inaction and the findings of the draft Walsh Report
A Cork woman who underwent the controversial operation symphysiotomy in 1961 has said it ruined her life and has caused her constant pain ever since, but she does not expect any redress to follow publication of a new report on…
Is the publication of the Walsh Report into symphysiotomy now imminent
Is the publication of the Walsh Report into Symphysiotomy in Ireland imminent? On Tuesday 16th July Kerry South TD Michael Healy-Rae received a written answer from Minister James Reilly to a Parliamentary Question about meetings related to symphysiotomy involving Health…