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Cork City Council votes to support a referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment
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12 Sep, 2014
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This week during, a 5+ hour session, in which topics as varied as the lack of librarians to new cycle lanes were tackled after the summer recess, Cork City Council…
Speak for Choice: Call for Submissions
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12 Sep, 2014
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After you’re done Speaking with Your Feet or if you can’t make it into Dublin until the early evening, you are invited to an evening of abortion stigma-busting, workshops, speak-out,…
Our Bodies, Our Rights: Rally to Repeal the 8th
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22 Aug, 2014
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Our Bodies, Our Rights: Rally to Repeal the 8th Saturday 23rd August, The Spire, Dublin, starting at 2pm and Marching from the Spire to the Dáil. Organised jointly by Choice…
The Appetite to Repeal the 8th
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21 Aug, 2014
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by Katie Gillum As we brace ourselves to be further disappointed by the Health Services Executive (HSE) as they selected their expert group to report on the shocking mistreatment of…
Press Release: Abortion Rights Campaign declares Abortion Law not fit for purpose. Public demonstrations to take place in Dublin and Galway.
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18 Aug, 2014
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17th August 2014 The Abortion Rights Campaign decries the utter unsuitability of current abortion law and it’s implementation in response to recent reports concerning the first use of the Protection of Life…
As long as our laws are subjugated by the 8th Amendment, so will women in Ireland be.
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18 Aug, 2014
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Reporting on the case has been patchy and at times confused, but details have emerged that a woman who became pregnant through rape was refused an abortion in Ireland. Suicidal…
Ireland before the UN Human Rights Committee, inadequate guidelines and the Marie Stopes Clinic Belfast.
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07 Aug, 2014
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Welcome to the ARC News Roundup. This month has an all island focus. We will be discussing the UN Human Rights Committee’s review of Ireland’s performance on Human Rights, how…
Abortion Rights Campaign calls on Government to follow UN recommendations to hold referendum on Article 40.3.3°
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24 Jul, 2014
Posted in: Policy & Advocacy | Politics and Lobbying | Publications | Repeal the 8th | No Comments
Thursday 24 July 2014 The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) has today welcomed a call for wider abortion access in Ireland by a UN committee of international human rights experts. The…
ARC members attend Pro choice counter-rally in Belfast
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18 Jul, 2014
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On July 5th ARC members travelled to Belfast to join the Rally for Choice – a demonstration countering the All Ireland Rally for Life. A Press Release from Rally for Choice Ireland said the…
Abortion, Ireland & Human Rights – What? Who? How?
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17 Jul, 2014
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This week, the Abortion Rights Campaign contributed to a joint statement, sent representatives, and delivered an address to the UN Human Rights Committee to…
