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Press release: Hypocritical Government Still Forcing People to Travel
Photo credit: Debbie Hickey from Studio Ten Photography 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...
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Tell us what you want from the #RepealReview
To mark the fourth anniversary of Ireland repealing the 8th, we’re inviting you to share your hopes for the outcome of the review of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of...
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Press Release: On the Abortion Review, has the government lied to us?
24th May 2021 On the third anniversary of the repeal of the 8th Amendment, the Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) highlights the promises broken by the Minister of Health on abortion, including...
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Change by Candlelight
Bernie Linnane – Leitrim ARC On a chilly November afternoon, in 2012, I stood among a small crowd in Sligo. We had gathered to protest, to express our anger, our anguish at the senseless death of...
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I marched, canvassed, and campaigned
Shauna February 2018: My father-in-law is anti-choice. I definitively found this out this evening when I asked if he was registered and ready to vote yes for freedom to informed consent during...
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How the North West was won
Lyn Brookes – Leitrim ARC I arrived in Ireland in October 2008 aged 48 years. I had a hysterectomy at 33 so things like contraception and unexpectedly finding myself pregnant was not a concern I had....
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We are the women that repealed the 8th.
G.K. I was involved with Dún Laoghaire Repeal the 8th which subsequently became Dún Laoghaire together for yes. We first met in a local pro-choice pub in September 2016. I knew no one! But I was...
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Write your Repeal story
To mark the two year anniversary of Ireland repealing the 8th, we’re inviting you to write your own Repeal story. Did you canvass? Leaflet drop? Speak to family, friends or colleagues about why they...
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Press Release: No One Left Behind
“No one left behind” is the Abortion Rights Campaign’s (ARC) message as the grassroots movement for choice and change prepares to march on International Safe Abortion Day, 28th September, from the...
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Why I’m Marching: Last year I marched while pregnant, this year I’ll march...
In anticipation of the March for Choice on September 28th, we are inviting our supporters to share what this year’s march means to them as part of our ‘Why I’m Marching’ blog series. Today’s post...
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Why I’m Marching: The race is on for good legislation and access, and it’s...
With this year’s March For Choice less than a month away, we are delighted to share the first post in our Why I’m Marching blog series, from the wonderful Tara Flynn. If you would like to share why...
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The 8th is gone but the fight is far from won
Pic: Marc O’Sullivan The referendum showed how much Ireland has changed and progressed but recent news shows that we must always be vigilant and continue to fight for free, safe and legal abortion...
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Why Ireland Still Needs ARC and Why ARC Still Needs You!
We achieved the incredible when we repealed the 8th last May, but the fight for free, safe, legal and local abortion across Ireland is far from over. We need volunteers to help fight for better...
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Advice from Norway: remain vigilant
On the 13th of October we were invited to speak about the campaign to repeal the 8th amendment in Oslo. We were joined by Polish activists Krystyna Kacpura, Executive Director of the Federation for...
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Press release: People across Ireland are still waiting for basic human rights...
This International Human Rights Day, the Abortion Rights Campaign says that the time for action on abortion rights is long overdue. Today, on International Human Rights Day 2018, the Abortion Rights...
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Press Release: Abortion legislation must be passed in time for January 2019...
The Government has a duty to ensure that legislation is passed as soon as possible to ensure the timely provision of abortion services and stop even more pregnant people having to travel. The Abortion...
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Ireland’s result had given hope that change was possible
Two months after the referendum campaign the Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) was invited to a conference in the Philippines. It was hosted by the Philippine Safe Abortion Advocacy Network. In many...
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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) is a grassroots...
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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 bringing the voices of women...
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Let’s talk about: the refusal to provide abortion care, or ‘conscientious...
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 delivery of patient-centred...
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