Category Archives: Policy & Advocacy

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

March 17, 2020 - Blog, Free Safe Legal, Northern Ireland, Policy & Advocacy, Uncategorized - Tagged: - no comments

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…

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Submission to the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality

March 8, 2020 - Blog, Policy & Advocacy - Tagged: , , - no comments

Download PDF of the submission here The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) is an all-island grassroots movement for choice and change. Since 2012 we have been raising awareness and advocating to…

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Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination for its Consideration of the Combined Fifth to Ninth Periodic Reports of Ireland (CERD/C/IRL/5-9)

December 2, 2019 - Free Safe Legal, Policy & Advocacy - Tagged: , - no comments

About our Organisations The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) is a grassroots all-volunteer group dedicated to achieving free, safe, legal and local abortion care across the island of Ireland for everyone…

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

October 21, 2019 - Free Safe Legal, Media, Northern Ireland, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release - Tagged: , - no comments

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…

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Let’s Talk About: Period Poverty

October 9, 2019 - Blog, Facts, Policy & Advocacy - Tagged: , - no comments

Roughly half of the world’s female population is of reproductive age. Periods should be seen as a normal bodily function and should be treated respectfully. Yet, periods continue to be…

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