Anti-abortion campaigners disrupt pro-choice meeting

THE militant anti-abortion group, Youth Defence, disrupted a public meeting of campaigners looking for the removal of the Constitutional ban on abortion in Dublin yesterday.

Youth Defence members burst into a public meeting being held by Alliance for Choice with banners chanting: "Abortion out of Ireland".

The meeting was disrupted for about 10 minutes before the speakers could continue. But Alliance for Choice spokeswoman Ivana Bacik said the protest did not deflect them from their main purpose.