Abortion Rights
Thousands march in Ireland demanding an end to deadly anti-abortion law
14 March 2017Thousands took to the streets in Ireland on International Women's Day to demand a repeal of the 8th Amendment which makes abortion illegal in Ireland
LETTERS: Stuff the bigoted Daily Mail and decriminalise abortion
14 March 2017The Daily Mail newspaper complains that Marie Stopes’ doctors are effectively providing abortion on demand by certifying women for the procedure without actually seeing them.
Big protests in Ireland, the US and across the world mark International Women's Day
14 March 2017Protests for abortion rights and against sexist governments took place across the world to mark International Women’s Day
Defend women's right to choose
07 March 2017The Daily Mail newspaper launched an attack on abortion rights this week. Its front page on Monday raged against Marie Stopes charity doctors for approving abortions “for women they have never even met”.
Attacks on abortion in the US meet resistance
14 February 2017Activists are fighting Donald Trump’s new attacks on abortion rights, writes Eleanor Claxton-Mayer
Reports round up—Southern rail dispute, housing campaigns and abortion rights
14 February 2017Why was there no second worker on these trains?: Copeland council strikers confront the fat cat mayor: Fight against eviction threatened by a charity: Now step up the pressure after another Tory attack: New challenges in the battle for abortion rights.
In Ireland movement grows for a referendum on abortion rights
14 February 2017The 8th Amendment in Ireland makes abortion illegal but there is growing support for repeal and safe access to abortions
100,000 join Women's March in London
21 January 2017Tens of thousands of people joined the Women's March from the US embassy in Grosvenor Square to Trafalgar Square in London today, Saturday. They were rejecting Donald Trump and the bigotry he represents and thrives on.
Anti-choice bigots launch new attack on abortion rights after Trump's election
13 December 2016We are already feeling the effect of Donald Trump’s election in the US. The war on women’s rights has started.
Reports round-up: Join the boycott of London Met
01 November 2016Also: Stop the cuts to civil service redundancy payments | Pension strike votes at BMW Group and AEW | Action called off for talks at EHRC | Polish abortion protest in Bristol | Conference slams Turkish clampdown
Brid Smith on the growing fight for abortion rights in Ireland
27 October 2016People Before Profit TD (MP) Brid Smith challenged the Irish government to prosecute her for possessing tablets which can be used to cause an abortion. She held up the tablets during a debate on a bill calling for a referendum to repeal the state’s anti-abortion constitutional amendment.
Victory for abortion rights movement shows how Polish society is changing
11 October 2016A wave of mass protests in Poland has smashed a proposed total ban on abortions in a humiliating defeat for the right wing government.
Fight for abortion rights explodes onto Poland's streets
03 October 2016The fight for abortion rights in Poland has exploded onto the streets.
Michael Moore is taking aim through rose-tinted glasses
21 June 2016US radical director Michael Moore’s film Where to Invade Next? makes some serious points, but badly idealises European society, writes Simon Shaw
Irish abortion law ‘breached rights’
14 June 2016Ireland’s government subjected a woman to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment because of its abortion laws, according to the United Nations (UN) human rights committee.
Stand up to the bigots' attack on a woman's right to choose
17 May 2016Right wing rags attacked the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) over abortion this week.
Hundreds protest against Poland’s abortion ban plan
12 April 2016Around 300 people rallied outside the Polish Embassy in London last Saturday against a proposed law that would ban abortion.
Woman sentenced after having an abortion in Northern Ireland
05 April 2016A woman in Northern Ireland was this week given a suspended prison sentence after inducing an abortion.
Jail threat over abortion attempt sparks pro-choice protests
19 January 2016Pro-choice activists have taken to the streets against a decision to prosecute a woman for trying to bring about an abortion.
News in brief
05 January 2016Sexual health services cut | Anti-choice group launched | Bankers let off the hook | Rail fares rip off workers | Fat cats make workers' yearly pay
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