Women Hurt is an Irish

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organisation for women who regret having an

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. They campaign against change in the state's abortion law. They have appeared on TV debates about abortion, and participated in anti-abortion protests. Women Hurt was founded in 2011 by Bernadette Goulding and Lynn Coles, both of whom regretted their abortions. Goulding in 2003 had founded an Irish chapter of Rachel's Vineyard, a similar organisation with a Catholic perspective. Coles had worked with a group called ''Surrendering the Secret'', described as "an abortion recovery Bible study rooted in the Gospel". In 2013, during the debate about

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, representatives spoke at the ''National Vigil for Life'' organised by the

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, and they participated in the 2014 ''Vigil''. In 2017, Women Hurt was one of 17 groups selected to present to the

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during its review of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, which underpins Irish abortion law. Women Hurt was represented by Anthony Levatino, a Doctor from the US, which drew criticism for being a male doctor talking about abortion rather than a personal story from a woman who regretted her abortion.

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