Category Archives: Press Release

Over six thousand people were able to access abortion care within Ireland in 2020

June 29, 2021 - Facts, Featured, Free Safe Legal, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release - Tagged: , - no comments

Spokesperson Helen Stonehouse said that, “Despite the pandemic, 6,577 people had an abortion in Ireland during 2020, a similar number to the prior year, showing that abortion is very much…

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Press release: At least 10 people every week were forced to travel for care throughout 2020 pandemic

June 10, 2021 - Media, Northern Ireland, Press Release - Tagged: , , , - no comments

Data released today by the UK government shows that during 2020, 565 people gave addresses from Ireland, North and South, when having an abortion in England or Wales. 371 travelled…

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Press Release: On the Abortion Review, has the government lied to us?

May 25, 2021 - Press Release, Repeal the 8th, Uncategorized - Tagged: - no comments

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,…

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Press release: Sinn Fein lets down abortion seekers and activists by abstaining on DUP vote to restrict abortion access in Stormont

March 16, 2021 - Contact your TD, Media, Northern Ireland, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release - Tagged: , , - no comments

Yesterday, the DUP’s bill aimed at restricting abortion access for families who receive a devastating diagnosis of severe foetal impairment had its second reading in Stormont. Alliance for Choice are…

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Press release: Review commencement welcomed so that more abortions can happen in Ireland

March 6, 2021 - Media, Press Release - Tagged: , , - no comments

The Abortion Rights Campaign welcome the news that the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 has started.  However, as Ireland’s largest grassroots abortion rights organisation,…

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