The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) is staging its annual 'March for Choice' in Dublin this afternoon. Supporters will gather at the Garden of Remembrance at 1.30pm before marching through the city under the theme 'Free, Safe and Legal'. Despite the referendum result in favour of allowing abortion in Ireland, ARC stressed that on a practical level, nothing has changed since May 25, and will not until the Government passes legislation to introduce abortion services that are "free, safe and legal". Spokesperson Linda Kavanagh said: "Nothing has changed...Nine or 10 people a day travel from Ireland to the UK (to access abortion services) or three take safe but illegal abortion pills at home. "We need to have a show of strength and show the Government that we need to have the best legislation possible."

Source: Evening echo September 29, 2018 07:18 UTC