Name/TitleSticker: WE REPEAL THE 8th
About this objectWhite sticker bearing a WE REPEAL THE 8th slogan in red above the Damn Rebel Bitches title. Produced and distributed for free during the Repeal the 8th campaign.
MakerREEK perfume
Maker RoleCreator
Date Made2018
Period2010s
Place MadeScotland, Edinburgh
MeasurementsDia: 70 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's healthcare
Subject and Association Keywordsabortion rights - pro-choice
Subject and Association KeywordsSocial enterprise
Subject and Association KeywordsRepeal the 8th Amendment
Subject and Association DescriptionREEK perfume was founded in 2016 by mother-daughter team writer, Sara Sheridan and make-up artist Molly Sheridan. The company supported equality causes via a blog, Bitches Unite, distributing free protest stickers and giving small grants to a variety of people including paying for a pregnant Irish journalist to come to the UK for her abortion and write about it during the Repeal the 8th Amendment (Ireland) campaign.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland:
The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Act 1983 was an amendment to the Constitution of Ireland which inserted a subsection recognising the equal right to life of the pregnant woman and the unborn. Abortion had been subject to criminal penalty in Ireland since at least 1861; the amendment ensured that legislation or judicial interpretation would be restricted to allowing abortion in circumstances where the life of a pregnant woman was at risk. It was approved by referendum on 7 September 1983 and signed into law on 7 October 1983. In 2018, it was repealed by referendum.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeSticker
Object numberGWL-2018-27-1
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved