Still fighting the same fight after 20 years

Some of the women in Daunt Square were fighting the same fight 20 years ago — for the right to make their own reproductive choices.

There were plenty of men in the 300-strong crowd too, gathered to condemn the vacuum in legislation that allowed Savita Halappanavar to die. Sinéad Pierce, from Cork, brought her three-year-old daughter, Anouk. “I’ve been attending pro-choice demonstrations for 20 years,” said Sinéad. “I’m just hoping my daughter won’t be back here in another 20 years fighting for the same rights.”

Rachel Warriner, from St Lukes, Cork, who is 32 weeks’ pregnant, said she had come in protest at the “appalling and dangerous uncertainty” that exists for women and the unborn.