Category Archives: Repeal the 8th

The Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill Final Stage has passed by 90 votes to 15.

Press Release: Abortion legislation must be passed in time for January 2019 deadline

December 6, 2018 - Contact your TD, Free Safe Legal, Media, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release, Repeal the 8th - Tagged: , , - 1 comment

The Government has a duty to ensure that legislation is passed as soon as possible to ensure the timely provision of abortion services and stop even more pregnant people having…

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Ireland’s result had given hope that change was possible

November 22, 2018 - Breaking Silence, Events, Free Safe Legal, Policy & Advocacy, Repeal the 8th, Stigma - Tagged: , - no comments

Two months after the referendum campaign the Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) was invited to a conference in the Philippines. It was hosted by the Philippine Safe Abortion Advocacy Network. In…

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ARC Submission on the Command Paper on Abortion, Gibraltar

November 20, 2018 - Free Safe Legal, Policy & Advocacy, Repeal the 8th - Tagged: , , - no comments

Below is a submission made to the Government of Gibraltar by the Abortion Rights Campaign on the Command Paper on Abortion on 28th September 2018. The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC)…

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Paola Rivetti

Let’s Talk About: What We Can Learn from Italy about “conscientious objection”

October 23, 2018 - Breaking Silence, Contact your TD, Free Safe Legal, Opinion, Policy & Advocacy, Repeal the 8th - Tagged: , , , , - no comments

My name is Paola Rivetti and I am a member of MERJ: Migrants and Ethnic Minorities for Reproductive Justice. We formed some months before the referendum with the goal of…

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Let’s talk about: the refusal to provide abortion care, or ‘conscientious objection’

October 18, 2018 - Contact your TD, Free Safe Legal, Policy & Advocacy, Repeal the 8th - Tagged: , , - no comments

  In this blog post, we talk about why the refusal to provide medical treatment harms pregnant people and what needs to be done to support medical professionals in the…

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