Together for Yes (TFY) is an
abortion rights
Abortion-rights movements, also referred to as pro-choice movements, advocate for the right to have legal access to induced abortion services including elective abortion. They seek to represent and support women who wish to terminate their pre ...
campaign group in
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. It campaigned successfully for a Yes vote
in the 2018 referendum to ratify the Thirty-sixth Amendment, which removed the
Eighth Amendment's constitutional ban on
abortion
Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage or "spontaneous abortion"; these occur in approximately 30% to 40% of pregn ...
in Ireland.
Membership
The group is an umbrella organisation, bringing together over 70 diverse civil society bodies. The core member groups with representatives on the board are:
* The
National Women's Council of Ireland
The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is a representative organisation for women and women's groups in Ireland.
It was originally known as the Council for the Status of Women.
Policies
The mission of the NWCI is to achieve women's equa ...
* The Coalition to Repeal the 8th Amendment
* The
Abortion Rights Campaign
* The
Irish Family Planning Association
Additional groups include:
*
Atheist Ireland
Atheist Ireland is an association of atheists based in Ireland. The group was initially founded by members of Atheist.ie, an online community which had been set up by Seamus Murnane in June 2006. Its current chairperson is writer and activist M ...
*
Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundati ...
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Fine Gael
Fine Gael (, ; English: "Family (or Tribe) of the Irish") is a liberal-conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Ireland. Fine Gael is currently the third-largest party in the Republic of Ireland in terms of members of Dáil ...
* Disability rights group, Inclusion Ireland
*
Irish Council for Civil Liberties
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties ( ga, An Chomhairle um Chearta Daonna) is an Irish non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting the civil liberties and human rights of people in Ireland.
History
Founded in 1976 by future President Mary ...
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Labour Party
Parents Together for Yes also known as Parents for Choice in Pregnancy and Childbirth
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National LGBT Federation
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Workers' Party
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Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur G ...
*
SIPTU
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Social Democrats
Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote s ...
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Union of Students in Ireland (USI)
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University College Dublin Students' Union
University College Dublin Students' Union (UCDSU; ga, Aontas na Mac Léinn COBÁC) is the students' union of University College Dublin. It is the largest students' union in Ireland.
The Union was founded in 1975 as the successor of the Student Re ...
Fund-raising
When the project was launched, a crowd-funding campaign was started, with a target of €50,000. This was met within hours, and reached €500,000 within four days. As of 26 April, Together for Yes had raised over €800,000.
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References
External links
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{{Abortion in the Republic of Ireland
2018 establishments in Ireland
Abortion-rights organisations in Ireland