Together for Yes (TFY) is an abortion rights campaign group in Ireland. 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 in Ireland.[1][2][3][4]
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| Formation | 22 March 2018 |
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| Type | Pro-choice lobby group |
| Website | www |
Membership
editThe group is an umbrella organisation, bringing together over 70 diverse civil society bodies. The core member groups with representatives on the board are:[1][5]
- The National Women's Council of Ireland
- The Coalition to Repeal the 8th Amendment
- The Abortion Rights Campaign
- The Irish Family Planning Association
Additional groups include:
- Atheist Ireland
- Green Party[6]
- Fine Gael[7][a]
- Disability rights group, Inclusion Ireland[8]
- Irish Council for Civil Liberties
- Labour Party
- Parents Together for Yes, also known as Parents for Choice in Pregnancy and Childbirth
- National LGBT Federation
- Workers' Party
- Sinn Féin
- SIPTU
- Social Democrats
- Union of Students in Ireland (USI)
- University College Dublin Students' Union
Fund-raising
editWhen 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.[9][10]
Notes
edit- ^ Fine Gael co-ordinated a campaign for Yes-supporting party members, which was formally launched on 21 April 2018 by Leo Varadkar and Simon Harris. The campaign supported Together for Yes rather than putting up posters of its own.
References
edit- ^ a b "Who We Are". Together For Yes. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Anti-abortion march ahead of Irish referendum". BBC. 10 March 2018.
The repeal group, Together for Yes, told RTÉ it wanted to highlight that an average of nine women travel from Ireland to Great Britain for an abortion every day.
- ^ "Yes and No campaigners register as 'third parties' with watchdog". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Pro-repeal group targets €500,000 campaign spend". Irish Independent. 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Our Campaign Platform". Together For Yes.
- ^ "Green Party call for Yes vote in repeal referendum - Green Party".
- ^ "Fine Gael will not put up Eighth Amendment posters". RTÉ.ie. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Quann, Jack (13 April 2018). "Disability group Inclusion Ireland to join campaign to repeal Eighth Amendment". Newstalk. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "FAQ on our funding - Together For Yes". Together For Yes. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ Hosford, Paul. "Together for Yes crowdfunding appeal tops half a million euro". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 26 April 2018.