Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
In the aftermath of the massive victory in the abortion referendum this summer many activists are focused on winning change in the north of Ireland. The north still under UK jurisdiction but the 1967 act which allowed access to abortion in some cases was never extended to the north. Women and pregnant people there still have to travel and while the south never dared bring a prosecution for the use of abortion pills there have been 3 such cases in the north.
Cross border social movements that are not about partition are very unusual outside of the trade unions. But the pro-choice movement is becoming such a movement, one with serious potential to break the sectarian log jam as attitudes to abortion access do not simply map onto the lines of sectarian division, both the catholic and protestant hard right being virulently anti-choice. This is all the stronger because the Abortion Rights Campaign has actively pursued an intersectional approach that reaches far beyond treating abortion access as a 'single issue'.
This segment ends with the speeches given to the March for Choice by Alliance for Choice members and Kellie O’Dowd and Emma Campbell. You'll find a video of all of the speeches posted previously to this channel.
In the aftermath of the massive victory in the abortion referendum this summer many activists are focused on winning change in the north of Ireland. The north still under UK jurisdiction but the 1967 act which allowed access to abortion in some cases was never extended to the north. Women and pregnant people there still have to travel and while the south never dared bring a prosecution for the use of abortion pills there have been 3 such cases in the north.
Cross border social movements that are not about partition are very unusual outside of the trade unions. But the pro-choice movement is becoming such a movement, one with serious potential to break the sectarian log jam as attitudes to abortion access do not simply map onto the lines of sectarian division, both the catholic and protestant hard right being virulently anti-choice. This is all the stronger because the Abortion Rights Campaign has actively pursued an intersectional approach that reaches far beyond treating abortion access as a 'single issue'.
This segment ends with the speeches given to the March for Choice by Alliance for Choice members and Kellie O’Dowd and Emma Campbell. You'll find a video of all of the speeches posted previously to this channel.
