General reports, brochures, newsletters and booklets including "The Regulation of Birth" - Encyclical Letter of Pope Paul VI "Humanae Vita", London Catholic Truth Society, 1968, booklet "Anglican Reflections on Humanae Vitae, by Norman RC Dockeray, July 1970, and two copies of booklet "Facing Up to 'Humanae Vitae', by a Catholic Mother, 1971; "The Pill Compendium for 1970"; YLM bulletin, 03/1971; flyer "Catholics and Family Planning", 197[?]; flyer for Christus Rex 1971 congress, Bundoran, 12-15/04/1971 "The Family To-day"; booklet "The Ovulation Method of Natural Family Planning", compiled by Ovulation Method Advisory Service, Cork, 197[?]; booklet "Irish Family Planning Rights Association News No ", [1971?]; booklet "Planning With Discretion - a simple guide to conception control", Syntex Information Service, Maidenhead, England, 09/1972; pamphlet "The Reasons Why Married Sexuality Past History Present Problem", Patrick A Baggot, SJ [Society of Jesus, Jesuit], 11/1972; abstract of Dr Michael Solomons' paper "Dublin's first Family Planning Clinic", London 1971, published Basel 1972, with cover note from Solomons to Mary Robinson (MR); article by Michael Heneghan "Family Planning Bill, and Contraception", sent to all TDs [Teachta Dála, member of Dáil Éireann, lower house of Irish parliament] and Senators, 21/11/1973; report from International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Europe - Region "A Survey of the legal status of contraception, sterilisation and abortion in European Countries, and correspondence between MR and Julian Heddy, Information & Education Section 06/1973-14/10/1974; booklet "Marriage morality: where do we stand?", Patrick A Baggot, SJ, 11/1973; Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) Annual Report 1973; cover letter from Mrs RM Blackith, honorary Secretary, Irish Conservation Society enclosing booklet "Has Ireland A Population Problem", published by the society in 1973, and a flyer for The World Population exhibition "What is the future for Ireland's children?", 04-26/01/1974; material from The Irish Family League including booklet "Is Contraception the Answer?" (11/1973), flyer "Contraception and Abortion The Irish Humanist Objective", booklet "Contraception and the Irish Constitution" by Maurice Dooley, booklet/pamphlet "Alert Oral Contraceptive", and open letter "To The Taoiseach, Members of the Government, Deputies and Senators"197[3-4?]; document "A Question of Perspective - notes by Catholic parents, past and present Committee members of the Irish Family Planning Association (formerly the Fertility Guidance Company) on the Irish Family League pamphlet" and booklet "Facts on Contraception An Answer to ‘The Irish Family League’", 1974 and two copies pf "Advice on Birth Control" Welfare Committee report 197[0-2?]; photocopy of "The Law as it Affects Family Planning in England and Wales", 197[?]; The Victor-Bostrom fund for the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) reports No 15 "The United Nations Faces the Population Crisis", Winter 1971-72, and No 18 "Family Planning: Improving Opportunities for Women", Spring 1974; IFPA Annual report 1974; IPPF Europe Regional Information Bulletins 09/1973-10/1979.

Material in this subsubsubseries relates to Mary Robinson’s work in the area of family planning legislation and efforts to have new legislation replace the Family Planning Act 1979, deemed too restrictive. It includes material relating to the 8th amendment, which was inserted in the Irish constitution following a referendum in September 1983 and which by giving the unborn child equal rights to that of the mother, effectively prohibited abortion. It includes correspondence, reports, draft Bills and articles.

Material in this file consists of correspondence from people in their professional capacity to Mary Robinson (MR) in relation to her work on family planning legislation and is both supportive and negative. It includes photocopy of letter from Michael Murphy, Department of the Public Service (Government) to Eddie Higgins, Branch Secretary, Federated Workers Union of Ireland in relation to the provision of cover for illegitimate children under the Public Service Spouse's and Children's Pension Schemes, 03/11/1981, which was forwarded to MR by Janet Hughes; typed letter from Louis Owens, Education Officer, Family Solidarity, Dublin South East to MR in relation to concerns about two aspects of Government policy and legislation being discussed "The Desmond Contraceptive" and "Sex Education in Irish Schools", 198[1/2?]; circular from "Access For All - a National Network of all those opposed to the Act" in relation to a steering committee being established consisting of "people representing political organisations, clinics, women’s' groups and individuals, opposed to the Family Planning Act", 19/9/198[1/2?]; correspondence between Robert Smith & Company solicitors, and MR in relation to £50 which was left in a will and which was to be left to an organisation nominated by MR (Irish Family Planning Association), as per clause in the will, 04/08-19/11/1982; cover letter from Margaret Walsh, Chairwoman, Council for the Status of Women, and press release reiterating the council's position on the subject of contraception, 09-19/01/1984; typed letter to MR (and other elected politicians) from group of members of medical profession expressing concern at proposals to make sale of contraception freely available, 23/10/1984; letter from May O'Brien, Women's Affairs Official, Irish Transport and General Workers' Union, to all Senators and TDs [Teachta Dála, member of Dáil Éireann, lower house of Irish parliament], in relation to submissions the Irish Congress of Trade Unions had made for new legislation to replace the Family Planning Act 1979, 17/12/1984; flyer from Children's Protection Society in relation to proposals in 1985 Bill to allow sale of contraceptives to singles, with cover note 18/02/1985; declaration "In Support of the right to Access To Information" from Defend the Clinics Campaign, and cover letter from Mary Gordan and Helen Mahony, following the Hamilton judgement which forced "Open Line" to close and the Wellwoman Clinic to cease its non-directive pregnancy counselling service, 06/05/1987, with follow-up requesting her to be a signatory, 19/08/1987.

Material in this file consists of correspondence from members of the public in relation to Mary Robinson’s work on family planning legislation and includes correspondence both for and against this work, some of which was sent anonymously, 20/01/1984-09/03/1989.

This file, labelled "Arklow Survey", consists of material relating to a survey by Arklow Social Studies Group of “Arklow People's knowledge of and attitudes towards family matters", 1981-82, and includes three copies of the survey sent to Mary Robinson (MR) separately by Tom Collins, Lecturer, Centre for Adult & Community Education, St Patrick's College Maynooth, Dr Andrew Rynne, and John F Carroll, General President, Irish Transport and General Workers' Union, 06-31/05/1982, two copies of comment made by MR at a seminar in Arklow, 13/05/1982, and typed summary of keynote speech by MR "Young People and Civil Liberties" at Second National Youth Congress, Dun Laoghaire, 27/03/1982.

Material in this file relates to Mary Robinson's attendance at the National Association of Family Planning Doctors annual symposium on "Politics of Contraception", London, 25 Nov 1983, at which she presented a paper entitled "Changes in the Law and Attitudes to Contraception in Ireland". It includes correspondence, a programme for the symposium, an expense sheet, summary of her address and a report on it for the association's journal, 01/03/1983-12/04/1984.

Flyers, press statements and brochures relating to the 8th amendment which was inserted in the Irish constitution following a referendum in September 1983 and which by giving the unborn child equal rights to that of the mother, effectively prohibited abortion; news statement of the Kerry Diocesan Council for the Family on proposed changes in contraceptive legislation, 03/12/1984

Planned Parenthood in Europe Monthly Bulletins April 1980-Winter 1989.

This file consists of material relating to Mary Robinson (MR)’s work in the area of family planning legislation and includes material relating to the Irish Family Planning Association's 21st birthday celebration and fundraiser, The Bloomsday Ball, on 15/06/1990, for which MR acted as patron, including correspondence and programmes (26/03-04/04/1990); letter from Anne O'Neill and Ruth Riddick, Facilitators, Reproductive Rights, in relation to a Women's conference on issues of reproductive rights (10/03/1990) and inviting MR to address the Law workshop on the European dimensions of the issues, 20/02/1990; Planned Parenthood in Europe bulletins for April and September 1990.

Parliamentary Debates Official Reports, which included discussion on various family planning legislation, some with notation. This material is further divided into Dáil Éireann (lower house of Irish parliament) reports and Seanad Éireann (upper house of Irish parliament) reports.