Category Archives: Press Release

Press Release: ARC celebrates 6700 people accessing abortion care, but more and better abortion provision needed

July 13, 2022 - Featured, Press Release - Tagged: , , - no comments

The Abortion Rights Campaign welcomes the news that at least 6,700 people were able to access safe and legal abortion within Ireland last year. Abortion is an essential part of…

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Abortion Bans Will Kill now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, says Abortion Rights Campaign

June 24, 2022 - Media, Opinion, Press Release - Tagged: , , , , , , - no comments

The Abortion Rights Campaign condemns the news that the Supreme Court in the US has overturned a 50-year constitutional right to abortion access. Thirteen states have “abortion trigger bans”, making…

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On a white background, the text reads Free Safe Legal

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

June 21, 2022 - Free Safe Legal, Media, Press Release - Tagged: , , , , , - no comments

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…

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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

May 25, 2022 - Free Safe Legal, Media, Press Release, Repeal the 8th - Tagged: , , , - no comments

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”…

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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

May 11, 2022 - Free Safe Legal, Media, Press Release - Tagged: , , - no comments

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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