ARC Submission on the Command Paper on Abortion, Gibraltar
Below is a submission made to the Government of Gibraltar by the Abortion Rights Campaign on the Command Paper on Abortion on 28th September 2018. The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC)…
Category Archives: Policy & Advocacy
Press release: Dail vote welcome but issues with legislation must be resolved
ARC welcomes today’s Dáil vote of 102 Yeses to 6 Nos, which brings the Health Bill to committee stage, but reiterates problems with the legislation. Speaking this evening, ARC spokesperson…
Let’s Talk About: What We Can Learn from Italy about “conscientious objection”
My name is Paola Rivetti and I am a member of MERJ: Migrants and Ethnic Minorities for Reproductive Justice. We formed some months before the referendum with the goal of…
Let’s Talk About: It’s Time to Stop Treating Abortion as a Crime
Abortion is recognised as an essential aspect of healthcare by the World Health Organization. Yet, it is seen as a criminal issue by many governments around the world, including here…
Let’s talk about: the refusal to provide abortion care, or ‘conscientious objection’
In this blog post, we talk about why the refusal to provide medical treatment harms pregnant people and what needs to be done to support medical professionals in the…
