Category Archives: Blog

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Press Release: Unacceptable and insulting that South-east hospital refuses to care for women and pregnant people

Anna Carnegie, spokesperson for the Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) reacted to the news that St. Luke’s Hospital, the main hospital serving Kilkenny and Carlow has refused to provide abortion services….

Let’s Talk About: Barriers to Abortion Care in Direct Provision

Asylum seekers’ right to abortion care & barriers faced in accessing care In honour of World Refugee Day, June 20th, ARC stands in solidarity with refugees across the globe. Refugees…

Let’s Talk About: Why It’s Awesome to be in P&A!

One of our Members, Ciara, shares her experiences of getting involved in ARC’s Policy and Advocacy Working Group, known as P&A. When I joined ARC and decided to head along…

Sheila McKechnie Foundation

Where we are together, we are strongest.

We have read the criticisms of the blog post below, and understand the anger it has generated. We would like to clarify some of the parts of the post. We…

The 8th is gone but the fight is far from won

The referendum showed how much Ireland has changed and progressed but recent news shows that we must always be vigilant and continue to fight for free, safe and legal abortion…