Dr Lorraine Grimes
Biography
Dr Lorraine Grimes is a Postdoctoral Researcher on the Horizon 2020 project INVOLVE: Exploring Democracy in the European Union. The project investigates the level of public involvement and engagement in public services and policy development across four different disciplines including Health, Housing, Education and Employment in eight participating European countries.
Lorraine was previously situated in the Social Science Institute at Maynooth University on the project ‘Digital Preservation of Reproductive Health Resources: Archiving the Eighth’.
Lorraine has a PhD from the National University of Ireland Galway. Her thesis titled ‘Migration and Assistance: Irish Unmarried Mothers in Britain 1926-1973’, examines the institutionalisation of Irish unmarried mothers in institutions in Britain, and explores issues of maternity care, adoption, socio-economic class, unmarried fathers and advocacy for unmarried mothers in the 1970s.
Lorraine has co-authored a number of key reports on abortion policy for the Department of Health in Ireland, the World Health Organisation, and others. Lorraine was lead author of the report ‘Too Many Barriers: Experiences of Abortion in Ireland after Repeal’.
Lorraine has a number of publications focusing on reproductive healthcare and unmarried motherhood in Britain and Ireland.
Research Interests
Reproductive Healthcare; Health Policy; Social Policy; Social Justice; Research Ethics; Single Motherhood
Research Projects
Book Chapter
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Aideen O’Shaughnessy; Rachel Roth; Anna Carnegie; Lorraine Grimes (2023) 'Unruly bodies (of knowledge): influencing Irish abortion policy through evidence-based abortion activism'. Community Development Journal, . https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsad032 | |
| 2023 | Chakravarty, D.; Mishtal, J.; Grimes, L.; Reeves, K.; Stifani, B.; Duffy, D.; Murphy, M.; Favier, M.; Horgan, P.; Chavkin, W.; Lavelanet, A. (2023) 'Restrictive points of entry into abortion care in Ireland: a qualitative study of expectations and experiences with the service'. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 31 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2024 | Lorraine Grimes (2024) 'Consent and Obstetric Violence during Pregnancy and Childbirth: The Eighth Amendment and its impact on the Irish Maternity System'. Irish Political Studies, . | |
| 2024 | Mandy Lee; Lorraine Grimes (2024) 'Managing risks of conducting sensitive and emotionally-demanding research: How to develop self-care protocols for researchers’'. Emotion, Space and Society, . | |
| 2022 | Deirdre Duffy; Joanna Mishtal; Lorraine Grimes; Mark Murphy; Karli Reeves; Dyuti Chakravarty; Wendy Chavkin; Mary Favier; Patricia Horgan; Bianca Stifani; Antonella Lavlanet (2022) 'Information flow as reproductive governance: Patient journey analysis of information barriers and facilitators to abortion care in the republic of Ireland'. Ssm - Population Health, . http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101132 | |
| 2022 | Lorraine Grimes; Joanna Mishtal; Karli Reeves; Dyuti Chakravarty; Bianca Stifani; Deirdre Duffy; Wendy Chavkin; Trish Horgan; Mary Favier; Mark Murphy; Antonella Lavelant (2022) 'Still Travelling: Access to abortion post 12 weeks gestation in Ireland'. Women's Studies International Forum, . [DOI] | |
| 2022 | Bianca Stifani; Joanna Mishtal; Wendy Chavkin; Karli Reeves; Lorraine Grimes; Dyuti Chakravarty; Deirdre Duffy; Mark Murphy; Trish Horgan; Mary Favier; Antonella Lavlanet (2022) 'Abortion policy implementation in Ireland: successes and challenges in the establishment of hospital-based servicesA'. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, . http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100090 | |
| 2022 | Grimes, L; O' Shaughnessy, A; Roth, R; Carnegie, A; Duffy, DN (2022) 'Analysing MyOptions: experiences of Ireland's abortion information and support service'. Bmj Sexual &Amp; Reproductive Health, . [DOI] | |
| 2022 | Mishtal J.; Reeves K.; Chakravarty D.; Grimes L.; Stifani B.; Chavkin W.; Duffy D.; Favier M.; Horgan P.; Murphy M.; Lavelanet A.F. (2022) 'Abortion policy implementation in Ireland: Lessons from the community model of care'. PLoS ONE, 17 (5 May). [DOI] | |
| 2022 | Grimes L. (2022) '‘We did what needed to be done’: Cherish, the first support group for unmarried mothers in Ireland'. Women's History Review, . [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Lorraine Grimes (2021) 'Denied Paternity: Parental Rights and the guardianship of infants in Ireland, 1937-1964'. Journal of Family History, . https://doi.org/10.1177/03631990211020347 |
Other Journal
Published Report
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lorraine Grimes; Maeve O'Rourke (2024) Galway Medical School and the Medical Examination of Infant Remains, 1948-1972. University of Galway, . | |
| 2022 | Deirdre Duffy; Lorraine Grimes; Bethany Jay; Jack Callan (2022) Report: Review of Termination of Pregnancy Services in Ireland: Healthcare Practitioners Perspective. Department of Health, . | |
| 2021 | Abortion Rights Campaign; Lorraine Grimes (2021) Too Many Barriers: Experiences of Abortion in Ireland after Repeal. Abortion Rights Campaign, . https://www.abortionrightscampaign.ie/facts/research/ | |
| 2021 | Joanna Mishtal; Karli Reeves; Dyuti Chakravarty; Lorraine Grimes; Deirdre Duffy; Bianca Stafini; Wendy Chavkin; Mary Favier; Patrica Horgan; Mark Murphy; Antonella Lavlanet (2021) Recommendations to Governing Bodies in Ireland on the Implementation of Abortion Policy and the Health (Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, prepared on Behalf of the World Health Organisation: Human Reproduction Programme. WHO, . | |
| 2021 | Lorraine Grimes; Saoirse Nic Gabhainn; Imelda Brophy; Dette McLoughlin (2021) Evaluating Ireland's Abortion Services. Abortion Access Campaign West, . [Link] |
Education
Teaching Interests
Health policy; Social policy; Reproductive Healthcare; Research Ethics; Digital Archiving; Oral History; Institutionalisation in the Twentieth Century;