Content note: This petition contains references to medical trauma, informed consent violations, childhood abuse, infertility, and hysterectomy.

Why This Petition Matters

Endometriosis patients in Ireland deserve the truth.

For decades, women and girls - many of them teenagers - have been prescribed Depo-Provera and similar long-acting injectable hormonal medications to suppress symptoms without adequate investigation into pain, without full disclosure of risks, and without meaningful informed consent.

I know this because I lived it.

My Experience

I first raised concerns about Depo-Provera and similar injectable hormonal medications in 2012. I questioned their long-term impact and the lack of transparency around their use.

I was labelled a “conspiracy theorist” for saying it out loud.

By that point, I had already received two rounds of these injections before I was 30.

In the years that followed, I experienced secondary infertility - an outcome that was never meaningfully examined in the context of my treatment history.

In 2013, when I refused another injection, my medical records stated that I had “refused treatment.”

I did not refuse treatment.

I refused another injection.

That distinction matters.

Refusing a specific medication is not the same as refusing care - yet this language reframed me as non-compliant rather than a patient exercising bodily autonomy.

In 2016, despite my clearly expressed lack of consent, I was administered the injection against my consent.

I felt violated.

That same year, at just 37 years old, I underwent a hysterectomy - the endpoint of years of delayed diagnosis, symptom suppression, and systemic failure to listen.

Trauma-Informed Context

As a survivor of childhood abuse, my body already lived in a state of constant fight-or-flight. The medical gaslighting I experienced was deeply triggering.

Attending appointments - particularly with consultants shaped by the culture and unchecked egos of the early 2000s - felt unsafe and retraumatising.

My voice was minimised.

My “no” was overridden.

My body was treated as something to be managed, not respected.

Why This Is Bigger Than Me

These experiences do not exist in isolation.

Injectable hormonal contraceptives are widely promoted and normalised globally through large-scale family-planning initiatives - including programmes funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

While access to contraception matters, access without informed consent, transparency, and accountability is not empowerment.

When medications are promoted at scale, it becomes essential to examine:

How risks are communicated
Whether refusal is respected
Whether patients - particularly minors - are given real choice
How long-term outcomes such as infertility and hysterectomy are tracked

This petition is not about conspiracy.

It is about patterns of power, systemic dismissal, and the silencing of women’s voices in healthcare.

Why I Speak Out Publicly - and Why My Campaign Work Is Intertwined

This is why I speak out publicly.

What began as survival became advocacy. The same systems that failed me are still failing others. The same language, the same power imbalances, and the same lack of accountability continue to show up in patient stories every day.

My campaign work is intertwined because silence protects systems - and speaking out protects people.

This petition exists so future patients do not have to choose between their voice and their care.

What We Are Calling For

A full, independent National Endometriosis Inquiry that includes:

Prescribing practices of injectable hormonal medications
Informed consent standards (especially for minors)
Long-term outcome tracking (fertility loss, hysterectomy, chronic illness)
Trauma-informed care
Patient testimony at the centre of reform

Questioning is not conspiracy.

Refusal is not refusal of care.

Consent is not optional.