Today, Together for Safety and the Abortion Rights Campaign launch their campaign, Vote Pro-Choice GE24.

Together for Safety, a Limerick based organisation who successfully lobbied for Safe Access Zone legislation, along with the Abortion Rights Campaign, who are working towards free, safe, legal, local and accessible abortion healthcare in Ireland and Northern Ireland, have joined forces to ask that members of the public vote for Pro-Choice candidates in the upcoming general election. Their message is simple, Vote like your rights and the rights of those you love depend on it. Vote like your life and the lives of those you love depend on it.

Co-convener of Together for Safety, Yvie Murphy, said, “Across the globe we are seeing a worrying shift in politics and attitudes towards women’s rights and reproductive healthcare. Just recently in the United States, groups of men and boys have been sharing the phrase, “Your body, My choice” with glee. Who we vote for on November 29th and how they view reproductive rights will have a significant impact on the people in this country and how, or if, they can access abortion healthcare in the coming years.”

Karen Sugrue, Together for Safety Co-convener added, “In 2018, we saw the overwhelming majority of people vote in favour of Repealing the 8th Amendment and making abortion healthcare legally available in Ireland. We are asking people voting in the upcoming general election to once again think about reproductive rights and abortion healthcare and vote for candidates who are Pro-Choice.”

Richael Carroll, Co-Convener of the Abortion Rights Campaign said, “6 years on, we are asking the people of Ireland to vote for Pro-Choice candidates that will implement Marie O’Shea’s recommendations, so that our legislation will fall in line with international best practice. We have waited long enough.”