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Accessibility at the March for Choice 2022

Posted on: 20 Sep, 2022
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11th Annual March for Choice: Abortion on Demand, Without Apology  Date: 24th September 2022  Time: Assembling at 12.45 pm, rally commencing at 1 pm. Place: Outside Leinster House, Kildare St.,…

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ARC welcomes General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill

Posted on: 29 Aug, 2022
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The Abortion Rights Campaign welcomes the general scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill, which was published on the 5th August 2022. The bill clearly…

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Abortion on Demand, Without Apology: 11th Annual March for Choice

Posted on: 27 Jul, 2022
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Abortion On Demand, Without Apology: 11th Annual March for Choice  The 11th Annual March for Choice takes place on Saturday, 24th September 2022. Mindful that we are still living through…

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Press Release: ARC celebrates 6700 people accessing abortion care, but more and better abortion provision needed

Posted on: 13 Jul, 2022
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The Abortion Rights Campaign welcomes the news that at least 6,700 people were able to access safe and legal abortion within Ireland last year. Abortion is an essential part of…

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Abortion Bans Will Kill now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, says Abortion Rights Campaign

Posted on: 24 Jun, 2022
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The Abortion Rights Campaign condemns the news that the Supreme Court in the US has overturned a 50-year constitutional right to abortion access. Thirteen states have “abortion trigger bans”, making…

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Press release: Every person travelling represents the failure of this government, says Abortion Rights Campaign

Posted on: 21 Jun, 2022
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Figures released by the UK Department of Health show that four people per week leave Ireland to have an abortion abroad, and one person per day leaves the island of…

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Complaint to RTÉ regarding Transphobia on Liveline

Posted on: 10 Jun, 2022
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Today we sent the below to RTÉ in response to the transphobia broadcast on Liveline this week. We stand with the trans, non-binary and intersex community today and every day….

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Press release: Hypocritical Government Still Forcing People to Travel

Posted on: 25 May, 2022
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Today marks 4 years since a majority of people in Ireland voted to repeal the 8th amendment. 4 years since politicians spoke of the “Irish solution to an Irish problem”…

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What I Want From the #RepealReview: A full-throated defence of abortion rights

Posted on: 24 May, 2022
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Paula Dennan is a founding member of Kerry for Choice and the current co-convener of the Abortion Rights Campaign.  What do I want from the #RepealReview? The same thing I,…

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A law which provides abortions only for certain people and only in ‘special’ circumstances is not fit for purpose

Posted on: 23 May, 2022
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By Anna Carnegie, Rachel Roth, Aideen O’Shaughnessy and Lorraine Grimes  On April 1st, the review into the operation of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 closed for public submissions….

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