Category Archives: Policy & Advocacy

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The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) call for a reform of Northern Ireland’s abortion laws and extension of the 1967 Abortion Act following yesterday’s conviction.

April 4, 2016 - Media, Northern Ireland, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release, Stigma - Tagged: , , , , , , - no comments

This woman was convicted because she was too poor to travel to England. A woman in Northern Ireland was yesterday given a three month suspended sentence having pleaded guilty to…

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News release Issued by the Abortion Rights Campaign Wednesday 13 January 2016

January 13, 2016 - Media, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release, Repeal the 8th - Tagged: , , , - no comments

Marginalised Girls Continue To Bear The Full Burden Of Ireland’s Abortion Ban Tomorrow (Thursday, January 14th), members of the Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) will be in Geneva, Switzerland for a…

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News release Issued by the Abortion Rights Campaign Tuesday 12 January 2016

January 12, 2016 - Media, Northern Ireland, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release - Tagged: , , , - 4 comments

ACTIVISTS STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH WOMAN ARRESTED IN NORTHERN IRELAND We condemn the arrest and prosecution of a 21 year old woman in County Down who has been accused of…

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My Body, My Choice, My Vote: ARC’s General Election Pack

January 5, 2016 - Contact your TD, Creative and Direct Action, Policy & Advocacy, Repeal the 8th - Tagged: , , , , - 1 comment

This is where you will find all our General Election assets as they are released. You can download, print them off, and use them at home. Please click on the…

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More merry myth-mongering (and muddled maths)

November 26, 2015 - Facts, Media, Opinion, Policy & Advocacy, Stigma - Tagged: , , , - no comments

On 14 November an article titled ‘Ireland should not aspire to providing legalised killing‘, written by Breda O’Brien, was published in the Irish Times. It contains the usual inaccuracies, convenient…

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