Category Archives: Opinion

Press release 17th May 2016: Ireland must take action now to provide free, safe and legal abortion services

Statistics published today by the UK Department of Health show that women from the island of Ireland accounted for 82.6% of legal abortions provided to non-residents in England and Wales…

ARC Statement on Sabina Higgins Comments 9th May 2016

Abortion Rights Campaign support comments made by Sabina Higgins and call on the Government to call a referendum to Repeal the 8th. The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) welcome the remarks…

See Something, Say Something

They say a picture is worth a thousand words and certainly pictures help to set the scene and often the tone and context of an article. Which is why sometimes…

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Guest post from Parents for Choice

Parents for Choice are a group of parents who support a person’s right to choose in pregnancy and childbirth. This group fully supports the repeal of the 8th amendment. Today, for Mothers…

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Men and the 8th Amendment

Abortion has always been seen as a women’s issue, but restriction of access to safe abortion services is a human rights issue. Men are also discriminated by and hurt by…