Goretti Horgan
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Goretti Horgan (born 5 July in the 1950s) is an Irish socialist activist.
Born in Ireland, Horgan was named for Maria Goretti. She attended university before moving to England. She later returned to Dublin, where she became involved in a pro-choice campaign. In 1986, she moved to Derry, where she helped set up a group to assist women to travel to Great Britain for legal abortions. This organisation later founded Alliance for Choice to campaign for the legalisation of abortion in Ireland.
Horgan also joined the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). Her partner is Eamonn McCann, a leading figure in the SWP. She is the official leader of the Socialist Environmental Alliance[1] and works full time as a Research Fellow at the University of Ulster.[2]
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