Category Archives: Northern Ireland

Letter to Rt. Hon. Brandon Lewis MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Dear Secretary of State: We write to you from the Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC), a grassroots campaign representing pregnant people across the island of Ireland. We wish to express our…

Press Release: The North is now. Today marks a historic change that is long overdue

As of today, abortion has been decriminalised and same-sex marriage legalised across Northern Ireland. This is a momentous step for human rights in the North and a testament to the…

Guest Post: Rally for Choice

Guest post by Rally for Choice about the upcoming event on Saturday 7 September in Belfast. Last year we all campaigned, marched, knocked on doors and talked until we could…

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…