Abortion Rights Campaign

Quiz for Choice
2013-05-29 19:30 (Europe/Dublin) | Doyles, College Green, Diblin, Leinster, D2, Ireland
Dublin Nights for choice are holding their second table quiz for Choice on Wednesday May 29th – with lots of raffle prizes up for grabs including Meals for 2 in some of Dublin’s best restaurants, bottles of wine, burrito vouchers and more! Tables of four are €20, so €5 per head. PLEASE do come along if you’re on your own, lots of people did last time and were put together on teams (including the winning team!) All had a great night and made new awesome pro-choice friends 🙂 ALL are welcome, and it’s a great way to get to know other like minded people. So make yourself free and PLEASE come on down for a fantastic night, with ALL proceeds going to the Abortion Rights Campaign 🙂

Zine Making Workshop - Help ARC create and compile a 'Zine for choice'
2013-04-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Seomra Spraoi, 10 Belvedere Court, , Dublin , Dublin 1, Ireland
Come to a zine-making workshop and help produce a pro-choice zine in 2 hours!
The Abortion Rights Campaign is creating a zine about choice – which will be the first of many.
Email your submission to actionsforchoice@gmail.com by 28th April. The workshop takes place on 30th April in Seomra Spraoi.
We are looking for submissions on any pro-choice ideas you may have – this could be an article, drawing, story or something else.
Here’s a list of ideas to get you going – or post up other ideas you think might be interesting:
– Comic strip of step-by-step abortion journey
– Spotlight on…. (interesting pro-choice projects e.g. Derry)
– Pro-choice groups map
– Poems of women’s journeys
– Profile of female activist
– Lowdown on a contraceptive
– Fact A Day image that Design Group are making.
– Photos from 10 days of Action
– BPAS telephone advice dialogue given by helpline woman
– Liverpool being main recommended abortion stop for Irish women because of proximity to airport.
– Lowdown on a contraceptive
– Older historical recipes/remedies for women – witch hazel, parsley, etc.
The workshop will be a mixture of cutting, pasting, photocopying, writing, drawing and many other things. All ages, skills and ideas welcome.
If you can’t attend the workshop, your submissions and ideas are still very welcome – we want to publish your stuff 🙂
a link to the Facebook event page

Legislate for X Protest - Action on X
2013-04-29 18:00 - 19:30 | City Hall Plaza, City Hall, Dame St. , Dublin, D2, Ireland
Action on X Protest
Action on X demand X legislation by the summer. It must include:
• The risk of suicide as grounds for abortion
• No more than two medical practitioners’ opinions to approve an abortion
• State-wide access
• Access to abortion if a foetus has a fatal abnormality and cannot survive
• Decriminalisation of abortion
A large majority support X legislation – shown in recent Irish Times and Sunday Business Post polls. The Dáil must act for the majority – not defer to a minority.
An EU conference on Gender Equality will take place in Dublin Castle on April 29. Come and demand that the Irish government legislates to ensure women get equal medical treatment to men: the right to any treatment needed to protect their lives.
A woman needs the right to an abortion if pregnancy puts her life at risk.
Join Action on X at City Hall Plaza, April 29th – 6pm

The Choice Ireland Clothes Swap ExtravaGeansaí
2013-04-28 14:00 - 16:30 | Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin, Ireland
How it works: Look in your wardrobe. See something that you haven’t worn in a while that’s in good nick? Bring it along to the Twisted Pepper. Give us a fiver and swap it for something new.
Facebook Event Page
The more stuff everyone brings, the more new clothes for everyone else! And who doesn’t want that?! You could end up getting a whole new wardrobe out of it!
Abortion Rights Campaign will also host a Stitch and Bitch Corner – its a good excuse to hang about, check out the new stock arriving and have a good old-fashioned chinwag about the state of choice in Ireland!
Feel free to post photos on this page of things you’ll bring along.
Any leftover clothes will be donated to charity.
Come along early. There’ll be no “fashionably late” goings on at this (har har!).
Any new Mammies out there looking to bring along maternity clothes, I’m sure there are some women who would gladly take them off your hands!
Clothes for all genders are welcome 🙂
IMPORTANT MESSAGE: There will also be cake.
email: choiceireland@gmail.com if you have any questions or tweet us at twitter.com/choiceireland or find our facebook page xx
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Open Meeting for all Working Groups
2013-04-22 19:00 | Teacher’s Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1, Ireland
Our monthly meetings provide an easy entry point for people who want to get more involved. If you are receiving updates but would like to become more active in the Abortion Rights Campaign, please feel free to come along to our next meeting on 22nd April 2013 at 7pm in the Teacher’s Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1.

Galway Pro Choice Meeting
2013-03-19 19:00 | Monroe’s Tavern, Dominick Street, Galway, Ireland
Organisers’ meeting to plan upcoming events and actions including a public meeting and music fundraiser.
Event page on Facebook

Welcome to Pro-Choice Cork!
2013-03-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Quay Co-op, 24 Sullivan's Quay, Cork, Ireland
Pro-Choice Cork is excited to welcome new members to the group – and to the pro-choice movement in Cork – this Monday in the Quay co-op meeting room.
Please come on out, take the opportunity to meet some like-minded folk and see how you can be involved in bringing about change.
The more the merrier!
Event page on Facebook

Galway Pro-Choice Street Stall
2013-03-10 12:00 - 15:00, 2013-03-09 12:00 - 15:00, 2013-03-08 12:00 - 15:00, 2013-03-07 12:00 - 15:00, 2013-03-06 12:00 - 15:00, 2013-03-05 12:00 - 15:00, 2013-03-04 00:00 - 15:00, 2013-03-03 12:00 - 15:00 and 1 more date | Shop Street, Shop Street, Galway, Ireland
Galway Pro-Choice will host a street stall so drop by with any questions you have. ‘Legislate for X before Summer is out’ postcards will be available to sign and send to the Dáil.

Feminist Walking Tour
2013-03-09 14:30 | Hugh Lane Gallery, Charlemont House, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1, Ireland
Dublin’s annual Feminist Walking Tour will take visitors from the north side to the south side, exploring women’s struggles, activism, and achievements through history. Free to all, activity sheets for kids will be provided, and join us afterwards for snacks and drinks at a location to be announced.
Event Page on Facebook

Dublin Pro-Choice Street Stall
2013-03-09 13:00 - 14:00, 2013-03-02 14:00 - 16:00 | Central Bank, Dame Street, Dublin, Ireland
Abortion Rights Campaign will host a street stall with Choice Ireland so drop by with any questions you have. ‘Legislate for X before Summer is out’ postcards will be available to sign and send to the Dáil.
For more info, contact: actionsforchoice@gmail.com

Cork March For Choice
2013-03-09 13:00 - 17:00 | Assemble at the Grand Parade, Grand Parade, Cork, Ireland
As the government debates legislation on the X Case and Youth Defence mobilise to prevent any change, the Pro-Choice Alliance Cork is calling on all supporters of a woman’s right to choose to come out on the streets.
There has been a sea change in attitudes to abortion in this country, as shown by the outcry over the tragic death of Savita Halapannavar. Yet the political establishment seem to want a narrow debate, focusing only on X Case legislation which may not even have saved Savita’s life and will still see thousands of women leave Irish shores every day to access abortion. We believe that supporters of the right to choose must make our voices heard to demand both the strongest possible legislation from the government but also fundamental change to allow free, safe and legal access to abortion in Ireland.
Event Page on Facebook

International Women's Day Protest
2013-03-08 18:00 | The Spire, O'Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland
Stand up for women’s right to choose
Stand against violence against women
Rage against rape
Oppose austerity & the assault on the public sector

Invited Speakers:
Sinead Redmond – abortion rights campaigner
Maureen Sullivan – http://www.magdalenesurvivorstogether.net/survivor-testimony/4562712580
Cllr. Ruth Coppinger
Rachel Doyle – National Women’s Council
Becci Heagney – Rape is no Joke campaign (UK) http://www.facebook.com/isnojoke
Visit event page on Facebook

Queer Ball for Choice
2013-03-08 18:00 | Seomra Spraoi, 10 Belvedere Court, Dublin 1, Ireland
Queer Thing will be hosting a workshop & discussion on gender and choice, followed by a queer ball for choice with dinner, performances and dancing till late, BYOB. Dress in your finest!
Workshop description:
Gender and Choice: Binaries, Bodies, and the State
This workshop will link up pro-choice and queer politics, introducing ideas around non-binary genders as well as discussing State intervention in our bodies which affects the autonomy of queer and trans folks as well as reproductive rights.
When:
6pm for workshop, 7.30pm for food, performances and dancing starting at 10pm.
Event page on Facebook

Cork Film Screening
2013-03-08 16:00 | Solidarity Books, Douglas Street, Cork, Ireland
Screening of ‘X is for Anonymous’ at Solidarity Books on Douglas Street, Cork.
Venue Page on Facebook

TCD University Philosophical Society House Debates
2013-03-07 19:30 | The Chamber, GMB, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
The pro-life movement incompatible with feminism? Does the state have a role in the protection of the embryo? Or should they have a say at all? Come along and find out!
Debate participants include artists Emma Campbell and Les Wolnik currently showing at the Copper House Gallery.

Screen for Choice on Campus
2013-03-06 18:30 - 21:30 | Multiple 3rd Level Education Venues, Ireland
This film screening will be hosted simultaneously by student groups across the country in 3rd Level Educational Institutes.
The screening programme will include ‘X is for Anonymous’ and selected extras each hosting group.
To find out more and take part, contact: actionsforchoice@gmail.com

Emma Campbell and Leszek Wolnik; Artists in Conversation with Daniel Jewesbury
2013-03-06 18:30 - 20:00 | Copper House Gallery, The Copper House, Synge St, Dublin 8, Ireland
On the eve of International Women’s Day, artists Emma Campbell and Leszek Wolnik will present on their works on exhibition related to abortion in Ireland. This will include a listening space for recorded contributions by the public. Daniel Jewesbury will participate in conversation with the artists.
More information on Copper House Gallery website

The Lives and Health of Women in Ireland, with Doctors for Choice
2013-03-05 11:00 - 13:00 | National Women’s Council of Ireland, 4th floor, 2/3 Parnell Square East, Dublin 1, Ireland
On March 5th, the National Women’s Council of Ireland will host a joint event with Doctors for Choice on Abortion – The Lives and Health of Women in Ireland.
Speakers will include:

Dr Mary Favier, Doctors For Choice
Marge Berer, Editor, Reproductive Health Matters
Orla O’Connor, Director, NWCI

When: 5th March 2013, 11 am – 1 pm, registration from 10:30 am
Find out more and register to attend at the NWCI website.

Women's Lives Matter - Rally for X
2013-03-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Central Bank, Dame Street, Dublin, Ireland
March 4th 2013 is the eve of the 21st anniversary of the X Case. EU health ministers will be meeting in Dublin Castle that day. Come and demand that Ireland’s Health Minister James O’Reilly takes action to protect women’s lives and legislate for X.
No more delays – No more excuse – Action on X
Contact: actiononx@gmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/actiononx2012

Words of Choice – Live Streamed Theatre Event
2013-03-02 20:00 - 21:30 | Multiple Venues, Ireland
This event will be hosted in private and public spaces around Ireland. Live Stream of performance by New York theatre company ‘Words of Choice’ plus post-performance discussion with US-based reproductive activists. Interaction invited via Twitter
You can participate by attending a viewing party or logging in from your own home. To reserve your place in advance go to http://virtualarts.tv/wiredartsfest/march-2-program-c/ Contact actionsforchoice@gmail.com for listings of a ‘viewing party‘ near you.
For more information, see http://wordsofchoice.org/upcoming-performances/ and http://virtualarts.tv/wiredartsfest/words-of-choice-digitalprogram/
More details:

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Cork Pro-Choice Street Stall
2013-03-02 12:00 - 16:00 | Patrick Street, Patrick Street, Cork, Ireland
Abortion Rights Campaign will host a street stall with Choice Ireland so drop by with any questions you have. ‘Legislate for X before Summer is out’ Postcards will be available to sign and send to the Dáil.
Event Page on Facebook
