Name/TitlePlacard: NETHERLANDS: One of the Lowest Abortion Rates
About this objectLarge placard (approx A2) with white background captioned 'NETHERLANDS: one of the lowest abortion rates', colour printed on corrugated plastic by socialist feminist organisation ROSA Ireland. The caption is followed by a ticked checklist: 'right to choose, accessible contraception, sex education'. The bottom of the placard states '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: 610 x W: 403 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 In 2018, it was repealed by referendum [continues].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).
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePlacard
Object numberGWL-2024-103-4
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved