LARCs, Larks & Other Lovely Things stories from Leitrim Abortion Rights Campaign. No Advance Reader Copies included. No affiliate links used. You can read my full disclosure policy here.
No one narrative will ever tell the complete story of the campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution in May 2018. It is simply not possible due to the sheer number of people and groups involved. Which is why I think it is important for people ad pro-choice groups to tell their own stories. Write them down, even if just for yourself.
LARCs, Larks & Other Lovely Things is the story of the Leitrim Abortion Rights Campaign, a regional pro-choice group who canvassed as part of the national Together For Yes campaign and who continue to be members of the Abortion Rights Campaign.
This collection of essays, speeches, letters to the editor, and recipes —yes, it includes recipes!—is a brilliant look at what campaigning in the North West of Ireland was like. It also covers the incredible work that Leitrim Abortion Rights continue to do in pushing for proper free, safe, legal, and local aboriton access in Ireland—because our work is far from over—and their support for the pro-choice campaigns in Malta and Gibraltar.
As someone who co-founded Kerry for Choice—an another rural pro-choice group and members of the national Abortion Rights Campaign—and was their convener and spokesperson for three years, so much of this book resonated; from having difficulty finding venues for meetings, to being on local radion and speaking at public events, and the practicalities of canvassing in rural areas, where getting from point A to point B often took longer than the the time spent knocking on doors.
LARCs, Larks, & Other Lovely Things is written and published by the Leitrim Abortion Campaign. To purchase copy, contact Leitrim Abortion Rights Campaign at leitrimabortionrightscampaign@yahoo.com.