Tag Archives: FFA

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: Deep concern over Liverpool clinic decision to scale back FFA services – Together for Yes

March 19, 2018 - Breaking Silence, Media, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release, Repeal the 8th - Tagged: , , , , - no comments

  National people’s campaign launching later this week says reports are distressing Together for Yes, the national people’s campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment, has highlighted its deep concern at…

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Press Release: Ireland’s Abortion Laws Ruled ‘cruel and inhumane’ by UN Human Rights Committee for the Second Time

June 13, 2017 - Facts, Media, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release, Repeal the 8th, Stigma - Tagged: , , , , - no comments

The Committee found that Siobhan Whelan, whose foetus was given a diagnosis of a condition incompatible with life in 2010 was forced to travel to the UK to terminate her…

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Abortion Rights Campaign analysis of Saturday 7 January session of the Citizens’ Assembly

January 10, 2017 - Media, Opinion, Policy & Advocacy, Repeal the 8th, Stigma - Tagged: , , , , , - no comments

  As we have done before, this weekend we followed the livestream of the Citizens’ Assembly (CA) proceedings as they met for the second time to discuss the Eighth Amendment….

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Abortion Rights Campaign disappointed with BAI Ruling

December 22, 2016 - Breaking Silence, Facts, Media, Opinion, Stigma - Tagged: , , , , , , - no comments

  The Abortion Rights Campaign is disappointed with the formal ‘Warning Notice’ issued to RTE against The Ray D’Arcy Show’s coverage of abortion. As the national broadcaster, RTE has a…

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