Category Archives: Opinion

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Government Shows Disdain for Women’s Lives and Choices by Voting to Retain Criminalisation of Abortion.

March 9, 2017 - Media, Opinion, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release, Repeal the 8th - Tagged: , , , , - no comments

Retaining the 14 year jail sentence reveals the contempt the current government has for poor women, women with health issues, and those who face travel difficulties. “Today the Government and…

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Unchallenged Claims Made By Anti-Choice Advocacy Groups at Citizens’ Assembly

March 6, 2017 - Media, Opinion, Press Release, Repeal the 8th - no comments

Press Release from the Abortion Rights Campaign – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – UNCHALLENGED CLAIMS MADE BY ANTI CHOICE ADVOCACY GROUPS AT CITIZENS’ ASSEMBLY The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) strongly condemns…

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What unites sex workers’ rights and abortion rights movements?

February 6, 2017 - Breaking Silence, Opinion, Policy & Advocacy, Repeal the 8th, Stigma, Uncategorized - Tagged: , , , , , , - no comments

Reducing stigma & realising bodily autonomy By @CuteCatriona and Grace Wilentz The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) and the Sex Workers’ Alliance Ireland (SWAI) are part of a larger, integrated movement for…

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Strike 4 Repeal

January 30, 2017 - Breaking Silence, Creative and Direct Action, Events, Media, Opinion, Politics and Lobbying, Repeal the 8th, Stigma - Tagged: , , , , , - no comments

  August 26th, 1970, the United States. 24th October 1975, Iceland. 3rd October 2016, Poland. 19th October 2016, Argentina. On each of these dates, in each of these countries, thousands…

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My Bodily Autonomy, My Choice

January 29, 2017 - Breaking Silence, Opinion, Repeal the 8th, Stigma - Tagged: , , - no comments

I just got my organ donor card in the post. As with far too many things, I had been intending to do it for a very long time, but had…

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