Protests planned in Dublin and Galway

Demonstrations are to take place in Dublin and Galway tomorrow in protest at the State’s treatment of a suicidal, immigrant woman denied an abortion after becoming pregnant through rape.

Groups such as Choice Ireland, AIMS Ireland, Rally for Choice, and the Abortions Rights Campaign will lead demonstrations at the Spire on O’Connell Street in Dublin at 6pm. A simultaneous gathering will take place in Galway’s Eyre Square, led by Galway Pro-Choice Group and students from the Choice Society at NUI Galway.

Choice Ireland spokes-woman Stephanie Lord said: “We are calling on people to take to the streets to show the Government that denying women basic human rights is unacceptable.”