Category Archives: Repeal the 8th

As long as our laws are subjugated by the 8th Amendment, so will women in Ireland be.

August 18, 2014 - Media, Repeal the 8th - no comments

Reporting on the case has been patchy and at times confused, but details have emerged that a woman who became pregnant through rape was refused an abortion in Ireland. Suicidal…

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Abortion Rights Campaign calls on Government to follow UN recommendations to hold referendum on Article 40.3.3°

July 24, 2014 - Policy & Advocacy, Politics and Lobbying, Publications, Repeal the 8th - no comments

Thursday 24 July 2014 The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) has today welcomed a call for wider abortion access in Ireland by a UN committee of international human rights experts. The…

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Abortion, Ireland & Human Rights – What? Who? How?

July 17, 2014 - Media, Policy & Advocacy, Politics and Lobbying, Repeal the 8th - no comments

            This week, the Abortion Rights Campaign contributed to a joint statement, sent representatives, and delivered an address to the UN Human Rights Committee to…

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March on May Day with the Abortion Rights Campaign

May 1, 2014 - Breaking Silence, Getting involved, Repeal the 8th - no comments

Members of the Abortion Rights Campaign will join the the annual May Day March taking place in Dublin today. Our struggle is part of the broader workers’ struggle for justice and…

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Myth #8: Ireland is ‘pro-life’ (because it’s a Catholic country)

March 8, 2014 - Repeal the 8th - Tagged: - no comments

  Welcome to Day 8 of ‘8 Days – 8 Reasons to Repeal the 8th’, where each day running to International Women’s Day, Abortion Rights Campaign have been busting 1…

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