Resources
Dive deeper into Reproductive Justice! Under each of our Body Politic topics, we have provided a curated collection of films, podcasts, articles, presentations and more.
By clicking on the ‘Resources’ tab under each topic, you will discover additional resources that bring reproductive justice to life through powerful storytelling, interviews, expert insights and grassroots perspectives. Whether you are a seasoned activist or just starting a journey, these dynamic resources will educate, inspire and fuel your fight for justice.
And remember, we are an intersectional feminist hub and we thrive through community and cooperation! Do you have a favourite podcast, a must watch film, a game changing article that belongs on our hub? If so, contact us at alliancechoice4@gmail.com and let us know so that we can build a more powerful and inclusive community space right here.
Alexa Moore
Watch our full interview here with Alexa Moore from the Rainbow Project discussing challenges faced by our Trans communities and the importance of intersectionality as a tool for resistance, resilience and liberation.
#allies4choice
Alliance for Choice campaign for free, safe and legal abortion access in Northern Ireland. In this video, AFC brought together a diverse group of men and asked them what it means to be an ally of the #trustwomen campaign.
Dr Alyson Hunter, Foetal Medicine Specialist, Northern Ireland
Dr. Alyson Hunter talks about the importance of ensuring that severe and not just fatal foetal abnormalities can be treated within NI. She talks about the patients she was not able to help before NI abortion law was decriminalised in 2019 and how heartbreaking it was for all involved.
Ann Rossiter Story
Ann Rossiter’s abortion story as told by the trailblazing abortion rights activist and feminist writer. Born in Ireland, Ann made history by sharing her own abortion story in the 1980s – an act of important defiance in a decade entrenched in sexual and reproductive stigma.
Art, Abortion and Anti-Choice
A days discussion on abortion hosted by NI group Alliance for Choice and Array Collective, with Dr Pam Lowe and artist Nichola Irvine.
Bernadette McAliskey: This Is My Body
The indefatigable Bernadette McAliskey talking about bodily autonomy in front of a live audience with Emma Campbell from Alliance for Choice Belfast, in Queen’s University Belfast, Thursday 20th October 2022. She gives us a brief history of sexual liberation, advice on maintaining a movement, on holding the line and an immaculate lesson in holding a room of hundreds of people in the palm of her hand!
Criminology
Emma Campbell from Alliance for Choice and the Open University delivers a webinar session on abortion law reform in Northern Ireland – what it says, how it works and what still need to be done.
Elaine Crory
Watch our full interview with Elaine Crory, NI Women’s Sector Lobbyist and Rally for Choice organiser, discussing why abortion most certainly is healthcare and the ‘othering’ of abortion as healthcare.
I’m a Life
The Artist
“I had wanted to write about the abuse of reproductive rights in Northern Ireland since I had moved to Belfast in 2009, but I found it difficult to know exactly how without misrepresenting people’s lived experience of the issue. Then, more and more people started sharing their stories online, and when I read Janet’s incredibly moving account, the song came together”
Isobel has worked closely with Alliance for Choice and has high hopes they can alert beyond Northern Ireland aware of the dire situation through this emotionally raw music video, she explains,
The powerful music video to Isobel Anderson’s song – Im A Life, in collaboration with Alliance For Choice is available below.
In Her Shoes
In their Shoes and in their Words – Northern Ireland based actors recount the stories of 5 women and pregnant people, prior to decriminalisation of abortion entirely verbatim and unchanged. Alliance for Choice in collaboration with Three’s Theatre Company.
These are the 5 stories.
True stories, spoken by actors.
Jakki Hanlon
Watch our full interview her with Jakki Hanlon, Disablity and Abortion Rights Activist. Jakki discusses the importance of applying an intersectional lense when it comes to addressing disability rights and policies.
My Body, My Life – Exhibition Film
‘My Body My Life’ art installation. Through women and pregnant people’s storytelling, this art installation highlighted and amplified the voices of those deeply affected by abortion bans, forced travel and reproductive coercion.
Ruairi Rowan
Watch our full interview with Ruairi Rowan from Informing Choices NI (ICNI). Ruairi discusses both the historical and current role of ICNI in abortion rights, policy and advocacy and the need to integrate abortion provision with reproductive healthcare.
Stanton Healthcare
Tawassul Nasraldeen
Watch our full interview with Tawassul Nasraldeen who has refugee status and is a community activist and organiser with Participation, Practice, Rights (PPR). Tawassul provides an important and necessary perspective on the importance of intersectionality and solidarity, in particular following the racist riots that occurred in Belfast in the summer of 2024.