Letter to the Seanad/Forced Electroshcck
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Dear Senators,I am an electroshock survivor and co-founder
member of MindFreedom Ireland. I hope you will put an end to forced
electroshock in Ireland. We as a nation know only too well what is
like to be forced and battered.This also is a women's issue and
unfortunately, we find it difficult to have a voice and are often
comdemned to remain silent even by those who mistakenly think they are
being helpful! Two to three times more women than men receive
electroshock worldwide.
This is our MindFreedom Ireland statement
http://mindfreedomireland.com/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=894:mindfreedom-ireland&catid=3:administrator&Itemid=19
Some of our most active members are forced electroshock survivors (none
of us gave informed consent). We have attended the Seanad to support
this bill. We have campaigned vigorously against forced electroshock.
We are part of a wider movement called MindFreedom International. One
of our members called Elizabeth Ellis, who is a retired school teacher,
is publicly forced treated as I write this letter.
Let Ireland lead the way and be one of the first countries to end forced electroshock!
Yours sincerely,
Mary Maddock, MindFreedom Ireland, Board Member MindFreedom International.www.mindfreedomireland.com