Name/TitlePlacard: Savita Matters ~ Women Matter
About this objectLarge placard (approx A2) with red background captioned 'Savita Matters ~ Women Matter', colour printed on corrugated plastic by socialist feminist organisation ROSA Ireland. The placard features a photograph of Savita Halappanavar beside the following quote by her father, Andanappa Yalagi, attributed to the Irish Times, 11th April 2018: "I want the people to remember her... I request that all Irish people vote Yes for this law to change." The bottom of the placard states 'Vote YES' and includes ROSA's name, URL and phone number.
MakerROSA International Socialist Feminists
Date Made2018
Period2010s
Place MadeIreland, Dublin
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, corrugated plastic
MeasurementsH: 613 x W: 410 mm
Subject and Association Keywordsabortion rights - pro-choice
Subject and Association KeywordsRepeal the 8th Amendment
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's healthcare
Subject and Association DescriptionOne of four donated placards from the Dublin campaign for the Repeal of the Eighth Amendment, all produced by ROSA, the socialist feminist movement. The donor campaigned in Scotland (as an Irishwoman abroad) as part of S.I.A.R.C (Scottish Irish Abortion Rights Campaign) and the "home to vote" campaign, as well as on the ground back in Dublin for a few weeks leading up to the historic vote on 25th May 2018.
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 In 2018, it was repealed by referendum [continues].
https://rosaireland.nationbuilder.com:
ROSA Socialist Feminist Movement is a pro-choice, socialist feminist activist group committed to building struggle against all gender oppression, racial oppression, exploitation, inequality and capitalism. ROSA is named after Rosa Parks (the inspirational black campaigner who famously refused to give up her seat for a white passenger, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott of the Civil Rights Movement) and Rosa Luxemburg (exceptional and leading socialist theoretician and activist of the early 20th century, killed for her anti-war stance and revolutionary politics in 1919).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Savita_Halappanavar:
Savita Halappanavar[3][4] (née Savita Andanappa Yalagi; 9 September 1981 – 28 October 2012) was a dentist of Indian origin, living in Ireland, who died from sepsis after her request for an abortion after a prolonged miscarriage was denied on legal grounds. In the wake of a nationwide outcry over her death, Irish voters passed in a landslide the Thirty-Sixth Amendment of the Constitution, which repealed the Eighth Amendment and empowered the Oireachtas parliament to make abortion legal. It did so through the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act of 20 December 2018 [continues].
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePlacard
Object numberGWL-2024-103-1
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved