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Monthly Roundup: Terminations for fatal foetal abnormalities being turned away, the “One of Us” campaign, and protests to defend abortion rights

Posted on: 02 May, 2014
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Welcome to the ARC News Roundup, where each month our media team highlights how abortion is discussed at home and abroad. This month we’ll look at reports of Irish women…

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March on May Day with the Abortion Rights Campaign

Posted on: 01 May, 2014
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Members of the Abortion Rights Campaign will join the the annual May Day March taking place in Dublin today. Our struggle is part of the broader workers’ struggle for justice and…

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Question your Candidate!

Posted on: 30 Apr, 2014
Posted in: Breaking Silence | Contact your TD | Politics and Lobbying | No Comments

On May 23rd, many of you will cast your vote and decide which candidates will represent us on the local councils and in the European Parliament. Some of our election candidates…

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Want to have fun this summer and help us raise some money?

Posted on: 09 Apr, 2014
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The Abortion Rights Campaign is a grassroots organization. We didn’t get any seed money to start up, we don’t have large corporate donors, we don’t get people throwing gala benefits…

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Monthly Roundup: A Second Irish Abortion Case Heading to the UN Human Rights Committee, Repealing the 8th, and a Call for Universal Access

Posted on: 04 Apr, 2014
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Welcome to the ARC News Roundup, where each month our media team will highlight how abortion is discussed at home and abroad. This month we’ll look at the Center for Reproductive…

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Myth #8: Ireland is ‘pro-life’ (because it’s a Catholic country)

Posted on: 08 Mar, 2014
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  Welcome to Day 8 of ‘8 Days – 8 Reasons to Repeal the 8th’, where each day running to International Women’s Day, Abortion Rights Campaign have been busting 1…

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Myth #7: Abortion causes/increases the risk of infertility

Posted on: 07 Mar, 2014
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  Welcome to Day 7 of ‘8 Days – 8 Reasons to Repeal the 8th’, where each day running to International Women’s Day, Abortion Rights Campaign will be busting 1…

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Myth #6: Ireland, without abortion, is the safest place in the world for pregnant women

Posted on: 06 Mar, 2014
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  Welcome to Day 6 of ‘8 Days – 8 Reasons to Repeal the 8th’, where each day running to International Women’s Day, Abortion Rights Campaign will be busting 1…

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Abortion Rights Campaign speak on reproductive rights at EU Parliament

Posted on: 05 Mar, 2014
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The GUE/NGL grouping held hearings on Thursday in the European Parliament on sexual and reproductive health and rights. The Abortion Rights Campaign gave a speech campaigning for full reproductive rights, using the…

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Myth #5: Making abortion more widely available will result in many late-term abortions

Posted on: 05 Mar, 2014
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Welcome to Day 5 of ‘8 Days-8 Reasons to Repeal the 8th’ where each day running to International Women’s Day, Abortion Rights Campaign we will be busting 1 common myth…

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