With full knowledge that it will provide little comfort, this book is dedicated to the hundreds of women who travel from Northern Ireland to England (or elsewhere) every year to terminate pregnancies. Their journeys are a simple injustice, and one that could be easily rectified—I hope that this will soon be the case. This book began its life as a Ph.D. thesis in the School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, where I was supervised by Prof. Rainbow Murray and Dr. Judith Bara. Both were incredibly supportive of this project from day one, and I am so grateful to have had them guiding me through the Ph.D. process. Thanks also to Prof. James Dunkerley, Dr. Sophie Harman, Dr. Brendan O’Duffy, Dr. Madeleine Davis and Dr. Peter Allen, who all read and commented on my thesis at various points in its genesis, and whose support and kind words were greatly appreciated. I am indebted to Dr. Melanie Hoewer and the Institute of British-Irish Studies at University College Dublin for providing a welcoming intellectual home in late 2015. My thesis was examined by Profs. Fiona Mackay and Eric Kaufman, and I am very thankful for their support as I concluded my Ph.D.