Strike 4 Repeal

26/05/2018

You have won this! Thank you to everyone who has contributed in whatever means possible to achieve our bodily autonomy. To our sisters in the North, our movement continues and we will aid you all the way. To our migrant and ethnic minority comrades, we see you and we stand with you. To our trans and non-binary siblings, we are with you and we will continue.

23/04/2018

Press release from our friends in Need Abortion Ireland who help people access early medical abortions in Ireland;

'Our service is not sustainable for years to come nor should it exist in a country which respects the healthcare of its women. We appeal for a yes vote on May 25th, we cannot, nor should we have to, provide the care, support and respect to thousands more women in crisis pregnancy in lieu of their doctors and the state.'

07/03/2018

Do you want to directly support people who need to access an abortion in Ireland?

Our friends at Need Abortion Ireland finally have a way for people to donate directly, safely and securely to their work.

Need Abortion Ireland support people in crisis pregnancy with information, financial help, free comfort packages, onward referral and emotional support and they have been doing this despite the legal risk involved for two years.

Please, even if you have €2, €5 or €10 to spare over the coming months, support them. Click the link and submit 'NAI' in the 'Reference' box on the page.

Women’s Wallet is a non-profit organization. It manages a fund for women-friendly projects.

04/02/2018

Last Monday the Cabinet finally confirmed plans for a referendum on the 8th amendment. The referendum, to take place in May, will ask people if the amendment should be repealed and replaced with a provision that gives full power to the Oireachtas to legislate Ireland's abortion laws.

Strike 4 Repeal threatened to strike if the Government watered down the referendum wording and accompanying legislation. Now, with a majority of TDs intending to vote in favour of a referendum, we are satisfied that our demands will be met. Strike 4 Repeal therefore propose a change in tactics and urge our supporters to get involved with the excellent pro choice work happening across the country. Our focus now must be winning the referendum.

A list of pro choice groups is available here: https://www.abortionrightscampaign.ie/get-involved. If there are no groups in your area yet now is the time to consider setting one up! Creative approaches to the campaign could include:

-Making your own posters, leaflets or stickers and putting them
up in your local area
- Organising pro choice coffee mornings /events in your
workplace
-Holding a pro-choice street party in your local neighborhood
-Canvassing & finding new ways to spread educational material

We express thanks and admiration to all our supporters and comrades who have fought with us on the journey so far. We look forward to continuing this work with you in the coming months, to finally Repeal the 8th amendment and make free, safe, legal abortion services on request a reality in Ireland.

Join the Campaign Organise events, write to politicians, volunteer your skills, attend demonstrations, help to spread information – sign up to get involved in the Abortion Rights Campaign and…

02/02/2018

The following request has been made by a sister in solidarity in the North. Let us keep this in mind as we move forward:

It would be a really lovely gesture of solidarity from the south if yous could remember the north when the spotlight for Repeal is on you. This means, mentioning us in interviews and in social media posts. Because of how our political system is set up as well as navigating all the issues that come with trying to effect change in a post-conflict society it's particularly difficult for us to politically agitate and organise.

It was only last year when the DUP became crucial parliamentary players for the Tories that people learned of how badly we have it over here, but all the shock that was part of that reporting has died away and we're left out in the cold once again.

We've always been there for practical support and faciliation for the south, as well as attending protests and marches, and some of us are already trying to figure out how we can get down to canvass as well as how to help online.

Standing together can only strengthen our campaigns, an injury to one is an injury to all after all.

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30/01/2018

We had one demand...

Tonight the Cabinet finally confirmed plans for a referendum on the 8th amendment. The referendum, to take place in May, will ask people if the 8th amendment should be repealed and replaced with a provision that gives full power to the Oireachtas to legislate Ireland's abortion laws. This is a massive win for the pro-choice movement and tonight we express thanks and admiration to all our supporters and comrades who have fought with us on the journey so far ⚡⚡⚡

24/01/2018

Last Wednesday we watched the opening statements by politicians on the Oireachtas Committee's recommendations to repeal the 8th, thank you to all of our supporters who participated in our , our presence was noted repeatedly by politicians speaking inside and we made it clear that .

Next week the government will discuss a referendum question and timeline, we will give you updates as they come. If the question proposed will restrict or limit our access to full abortion rights and a repeal of the 8th amendment we will . Pledge to strike below!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1cxTTWh8VLrX_XYe2MQCSLxqTJZMbRYHqEVXjka8LP6hIpg/viewform

18/01/2018

Hundreds of people stood outside of Leinster House in the freezing cold and rain last night to watch the Dáil debate the Joint Oireachtas Committee report on the 8th. This issue isn't going away and we aren't either. ⚡️Send us your pictures and videos from last night.

17/01/2018

is outside the Dáil now, watching and listening to the debate on the 8th Committee. The message is loud and clear from the crowd -

Check the comments for updates.

17/01/2018

Lightning is already striking around Dublin...
TCD Strike 4 Repeal

17/01/2018

Storm's a brewin'...

16/01/2018

For immediate release:

Pro-choice activists to assemble at Dáil Éireann during abortion referendum statements, warn ‘we won’t wait any longer for our rights.
5pm, Wednesday 17th January, Kildare St.
Strike 4 Repeal are calling for people to participate in a ‘Strike Assembly’ outside the Dáil this Wednesday 17th January from 5pm, to watch a live stream of Oireachtas statements on the 8th amendment referendum. The Strike 4 Repeal event on March 8th 2017 saw over 10,000 people occupy O’Connell Bridge in Dublin city centre for three hours, while demonstrations took place in over 50 locations in Ireland and around, to demand the government set a date for a referendum on abortion in Ireland.
The recommendations of the Oireachtas Committee will be debated in statements this week which will inform a referendum question on the 8th Amendment. Leo Varadkar stated last Wednesday that he feels that allowing abortion up to 12 weeks, a recommendation the Oireachtas will be debating, may be ‘a step too far’ despite widespread public, international medical and expert support for the recommendation.
Jen O'Leary, Spokesperson for Strike4Repeal notes ‘We are at serious risk of having a referendum question which will only allow for further weak and dangerous legislation. Our chance to have fully accessible abortion rights hinge on the framing of this question and the legislation that follows it. While we are confident that Ireland will vote pro-choice in this referendum we can only vote on the questions put to us, if the referendum simply proposes to replace the 8th or restrict access to abortion then our health and wellbeing will continue to suffer’.
Strike4Repeal are asking people to assemble outside the Dáil next Wednesday 17th January from 5pm to watch the debate live.
The action is not a ‘Strike’ as last March was, but a chance to gather and decide what action is necessary if the government attempt to weaken the proposed recommendations or replace the 8th with restrictive legislation.