Category Archives: Policy & Advocacy

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

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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Let’s Talk About: Reproductive & Obstetric Violence (part 1)

(Part 1 of 2) As part of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, we’re taking a closer look at the issues of obstetric and reproductive violence, and how these…

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Submission to the Department of Justice and Equality on the Operation of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017

The Abortion Rights Campaign welcome the review into the 2017 law on sex work. Rather than protect sex workers, the current law actively harms sex workers and puts them at…

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

“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

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…