Pro Choice protest at Dáil this evening

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | news report Wednesday November 26, 2003 15:06 by Brendan Young - Alliance for Choice

Noise for Choice

There has been much public debate recently about stem cell research, using cells from human sources. Ignored and forgotten is the plight of women with crisis pregnancies, who for whatever good reason wish to terminate their pregnancies.

Alliance for Choice

‘Noise for Choice’

Wednesday November 26, 6pm
The Dáil, Kildare St.

The pro-choice group Alliance for Choice has called a pot-banging protest – ‘Noise for Choice’- outside the Dáil on November 26.

Commenting on the protest, an AfC spokesperson said:

“Amidst all of the furore about stem-cell research, the needs of Irish women with crisis pregnancies are being ignored. The Crisis Pregnancy Agency says that at least 10,000 Irish women have crisis pregnancies every year. We know that approximately two thirds of these – about 7,000 women – travel to Britain for abortions. Meanwhile Fianna Fáil and the PD’s spout platitudes about helping women with crisis pregnancies. But through the Information Act they make crisis situations worse by denying women access to information about clinics in Britain. And they refuse to provide services here for women who choose to terminate pregnancies, including victims of rape or incest, forcing them to go abroad. We condemn this hypocrisy and demand that the voices of Irish women be heard.”

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