Category Archives: Press Release

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Press release: Every person travelling represents the failure of this government, says Abortion Rights Campaign

Figures released by the UK Department of Health show that four people per week leave Ireland to have an abortion abroad, and one person per day leaves the island of…

Protesters at the Abortion Rights Campaign March for Choice in 2021 outside Leinster House. The people are holding handmade posters that say 'As Early As Possible As Late As Necessary', 'Scrap the 12 week limit! There are no 'good' or 'bad' abortions' and 'Local Access and Safe Access Zones'

Press release: Hypocritical Government Still Forcing People to Travel

Today marks 4 years since a majority of people in Ireland voted to repeal the 8th amendment. 4 years since politicians spoke of the “Irish solution to an Irish problem”…

Poster for the Our Maternity Hospital rally outside Leinster House on Saturday, May 14th. The text reads Make Our National Maternity Hospital Public and Secular Our Bodies Our Choices Our Rights Our Hospital #MakeNMHOurs Saturday 14th May 2pm - Rally at the Dáil

Press Release: National Maternity Hospital MUST be public and secular to protect reproductive rights, says Abortion Rights Campaign

The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) fully supports the Our Maternity Hospital Campaign’s call for a secular National Maternity Hospital built on public land.  “Despite the Minister for Health’s assurances that…

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Press Release: Multiple changes needed to abortion legislation as we are still forcing people to travel, including a raped teenager, says Abortion Rights Campaign and Abortion Support Network

The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) today launched their public submission for the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, urging the Government to decriminalise abortion in…

Press Release: Review of law MUST remove 3-day waiting period says Abortion Rights Campaign

“We are dismayed today to learn that the Minister for Health is announcing a review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act that is so narrow in scope…