Category Archives: Media

Press release: At least 10 people every week were forced to travel for care throughout 2020 pandemic

June 10, 2021 - Media, Northern Ireland, Press Release - Tagged: , , , - no comments

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…

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Press release: Sinn Fein lets down abortion seekers and activists by abstaining on DUP vote to restrict abortion access in Stormont

March 16, 2021 - Contact your TD, Media, Northern Ireland, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release - Tagged: , , - 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…

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Press release: Review commencement welcomed so that more abortions can happen in Ireland

March 6, 2021 - Media, Press Release - Tagged: , , - no comments

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,…

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Press release: Abortion data shows progress made in abortion care but way to go to universal access

June 30, 2020 - Facts, Free Safe Legal, Media, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release - Tagged: - no comments

“The release of Ireland’s first abortion figures demonstrates a reality we have long known to be true: Irish people get abortions. They always have, they always will. Now, for the…

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Forcing people to travel for abortion is a serious risk to public health, say activists

June 9, 2020 - Breaking Silence, Free Safe Legal, Media, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release - no comments

In a joint statement the Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC), the London-Irish Abortion Rights Campaign and the Abortion Support Network (ASN) have called on the Irish Government to affirm the rights…

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