This letter, by Kerry for Choice member Paul WS Bowler, first appeared in the Sunday Independent on the 8th October 2017 Last weekend, I travelled from Kerry to Dublin to join 40,000 other people for the Abortion Rights Campaign’s annual March for Choice. While it was a demonstration about a serious issue, it was conducted with amazing positivity. There was…
Continue Reading→Kerry for Choice among 40,000 who marched in largest ever March for Choice
This statement was issued on 2nd October 2017 Kerry for Choice was among the 40,000 people who march in the largest ever Abortion Rights Campaign March for Choice on Saturday, September 30th. Kerry for Choice is a grassroots, all volunteer pro-choice group advocating for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution and for the introduction of free,…
Continue Reading→#WhyImMarching: It’s time Ireland took pregnancy and abortion seriously and gave women the care they need and want
The Abortion Rights Campaign 6th Annual March for Choice takes place on Saturday, September 30th in Dublin. This is our second year representing the pro-choice people of Kerry and marching in solidarity with the one woman every week who leaves Kerry to access abortion services abroad. Here, some of our members share why marching is important to them. Paolo…
Continue Reading→Abortion legislation needs to catch up with reality
This letter first appeared in The Kerryman on the 27th September 2017 This Saturday, September 30th, will see people take to the streets in Dublin for the Abortion Rights Campaign’s 6th Annual March for Choice. Members Kerry for Choice will be amongst them. We will be marching in solidarity with the one woman every week who leaves Kerry to access…
Continue Reading→Kerry for Choice to take part in the 6th annual March for Choice
This statement was issued on 24th September 2017 The Abortion Rights Campaign 6th Annual March for Choice takes place on Saturday, September 30th in Dublin. Kerry for Choice will be there to represent the pro-choice people of Kerry and march in solidarity with the one woman every week who leaves Kerry to access abortion services abroad. Kerry for Choice Convener…
Continue Reading→Paolo Bertucci: It’s women’s bodies, women only should decide
Writing this as a man, i think decisions about abortion should be taken exclusively by women, men may and should help women to be free to decide. Same’d be similar decisions about the male reproductive system that should be taken exclusively by men. This article aim is to help women to be free to decide. 1) If abortion was a…
Continue Reading→Ireland’s abortion laws are cruel and inhuman
This letter first appeared in The Kerryman on the 30th August 2017 Since its insertion into the Constitution in 1983 the Eighth Amendment has forced over 170,000 women to travel to the UK to access the abortions they need. One woman every week makes that journey from Kerry. The Eighth Amendment is failing women and girls. Miss X. Savita Halappanavar.…
Continue Reading→Time to remove flawed constitutional ban on abortion
This letter first appeared in The Kerryman on the 5th July 2017 Kerry for Choice cautiously welcomes the Citizens’ Assembly report on the Eighth Amendment and calls on the Joint Oireachtas Committee to respect the Assembly’s recommendations. We are pleased with the Assembly’s recommendation that the termination of pregnancy without restriction should be lawful. We also welcome, with caveats, that the…
Continue Reading→Kerry for Choice calls on Joint Oireachtas Committee to respect Citizens’ Assembly recommendations
This press statement was issued on 30th June 2017 Kerry for Choice cautiously welcomes the Citizens’ Assembly report on the Eighth Amendment and calls on the Joint Oireachtas committee to respect the Assembly’s recommendations. Kerry for Choice spokesperson Roesia Foley said, “We are pleased with the Assembly’s recommendation that the termination of pregnancy without restriction should be lawful. We also…
Continue Reading→49 women from Kerry seek abortions in the UK in 2016
This press statement was issued on 13th June 2017 Statistics published today by the UK Department of Health show that 49 women from Kerry accessed abortion services in England and Wales in 2016. Women from the island of Ireland accounted for 83% of legal abortions provided to non-residents in 2016. This annual report, published by the UK Department of Health,…
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