Ashleigh Topley

She/Her, Proud Pro-Choice Activist based in Co Armagh, Northern Ireland #abortionrightsNI #NowForNI

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

Your girl is a published author!!

It was an honour to be asked to contribute by @DrBloomer & @frecklescorp & surreal to see my words in print. Can’t wait to get my hands on a copy to read the contributions of so many who were part of the journey to decriminalise abortion in NI.

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

Really wish I’d stayed in bed this morning and had another hour feeling hopeful.

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

@Saraita101 Where are you watching the coverage Sarah? I did CNN last go around but not sure if there’s anywhere better?

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

@GrantSana Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food is my most used by far.

[Fiona Bloomer @DrBloomer]

Pregnant women in Northern Ireland face discrimination over not being offered early screening for foetal abnormalities, according to gynaecology experts https://t.co/FEkjgIWoAh

[Marie-Louise Connolly @mlchealth]

#Foetal Screening - NI screens later compared to elsewhere in the UK. #WomensHealth https://t.co/AH9XIB6N9l

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

This is something many of us have been shouting about for years. Offering additional testing earlier in pregnancy will not remove the devastation of finding out your baby has an FFA but it could lessen the suffering of the pregnant person.

[Darran Marshall @DarranMarshall]

Pregnant women in Northern Ireland face discrimination over not being offered early scans for foetal abnormalities, according to gynaecology experts. https://t.co/RnytgGxgsy

[Rape Crisis NI @RapeCrisis_NI]

Now more than ever, our focus should be on our society & the system which normalises behaviours & attitudes that facilitate the escalation of violence.

We each have a role in creating a culture of accountability & consent...

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

Important thread:

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

We flew out on the @jet2tweets 7.10 flight from @belfastairport and got a Jet2 transfer coach from Faro to the Eden Resort Albufeira. My daughter has had Woolly for her whole life so is understandably distraught. Please help!!!

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

PLEASE RT: My daughter has lost her companion Woolly on Tuesday 20th Aug somewhere between Belfast International Airport and the Eden Resort Albufeira. Hoping twitter can do its thing and reunite them! @jet2tweets @belfastairport @Eden_Resort @FaroAirport

[David McCann @dmcbfs]

For those who tell you voting never changes anything. Sixty years ago we went to the polls with every seat held by one party.

Today, our electoral map is very different. That happened through voting, not sitting at home. https://t.co/SAEwvySF04

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

@drorfh ❤️ sending love and strength

[Danielle Roberts @DaniRNI]

Today's news is not fodder for memes and jokes, or political point scoring. There will be many whose own experiences such a widely discussed story will have stirred up. Despite it being a bank holiday weekend, support is still available from (underfunded, overworked) charities.

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

@stephenblevins9 This is making me reminisce about our P7 trip to Shannaghmore!! My deepest sympathies to all teachers on residentials 😂

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

@kiityc So sorry to read this Katie. Sending you love ❤️

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

@Berlinnaeus Sending you all my love today Bernie. And your words are so right, the grief never goes away, all we do is grow around it ❤️

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

@All4Choice The last 10 years would have been a lot harder without the love and support from all at @All4Choice ❤️

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

Completely misleading and irresponsible headline from the newsletter. This is about decriminalising abortion in England and Wales. 1/

[Stephen Farry @StephenFarryUU]

Typical hysteria from the Newsletter. Amendment is about decriminalisation in England & Wales bringing them into line with NI. Doesn't change time limit or provision in E&W in any way – it is only about whether women go to jail for having to end their pregnancies. #trustwomen 1/3

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

@weezy_hayes You said it Emma. Some people clearly lack the ability to realise that it isn’t black or white, and truly the only people whose business it is to make the decision about having an abortion is the person who is pregnant.

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

If you need further evidence of why decriminalisation of abortion is essential, watch Three Families (based on true events) available on Apple TV and Amazon Prime.

[Ashleigh Topley @Ashashleigh]

Don’t get sucked in by these hyperbolic headlines, there are real people impacted by these laws restricting abortion access and forcing people to wait until their baby inevitably dies is cruel beyond measure.