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Press release: At least 10 people every week were forced to travel for care throughout 2020 pandemic
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10 Jun, 2021
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Data released today by the UK government shows that during 2020, 565 people gave addresses from Ireland, North and South, when having an abortion in England or Wales. 371 travelled…
Press Release: On the Abortion Review, has the government lied to us?
Posted on:
25 May, 2021
Posted in: Press Release | Repeal the 8th | Uncategorized | No Comments
24th May 2021 On the third anniversary of the repeal of the 8th Amendment, the Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) highlights the promises broken by the Minister of Health on abortion,…
Press release: Sinn Fein lets down abortion seekers and activists by abstaining on DUP vote to restrict abortion access in Stormont
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16 Mar, 2021
Posted in: Contact your TD | Media | Northern Ireland | Policy & Advocacy | Press Release | No Comments
Yesterday, the DUP’s bill aimed at restricting abortion access for families who receive a devastating diagnosis of severe foetal impairment had its second reading in Stormont. Alliance for Choice are…
Press release: Review commencement welcomed so that more abortions can happen in Ireland
Posted on:
06 Mar, 2021
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The Abortion Rights Campaign welcome the news that the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 has started. However, as Ireland’s largest grassroots abortion rights organisation,…
Let’s Talk About: Bodily Autonomy, Trans Healthcare and the fight for Reproductive Justice
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06 Mar, 2021
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Here at the Abortion Rights Campaign, our primary aim is free, safe, legal and local abortion access for everyone on the island of Ireland. As an organisation that strives to…
Message of solidarity to Pro-Choice activists in Northern Ireland
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19 Jan, 2021
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Abortion Rights Campaign extend our solidarity to our siblings in Alliance for Choice and to all those fighting for free, safe, legal, local abortion services across the Island of Ireland. …
Resolve to Get Involved with the Repeal Review!
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06 Jan, 2021
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Two years ago, abortion services commenced in Ireland following the historic vote to Repeal the Eighth Amendment. The law allows for abortion on request up to 12 weeks, and after…
Argentina: Senate must pass historical bill to legalise abortion
Posted on:
29 Dec, 2020
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In the context of the imminent vote on a bill to legalize the voluntary termination of pregnancies in Argentina, Amnesty International in Northern Ireland and the Abortion Rights Campaign congratulates…
PRESS RELEASE: Organisations Condemn the Government for Failure in Continuity of Abortion Care
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10 Dec, 2020
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On International Human Rights Day, a group of Irish and British organisations condemn the ongoing failure of the Irish state to provide care at home for people who experience a…
Let’s Talk About: Reproductive & Obstetric Violence (part 2)
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10 Dec, 2020
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Part 2 of 2 In our previous blog post for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence we outlined what ‘reproductive and obstetric violence’ means. Here we take a…
