Amnesty International brings 80 suitcases to pro-choice protest outside Dáil

Foreign delegates from Amnesty International have joined protesters outside Government Buildings today calling for a repeal of the eighth amendment.

The representatives are in Dublin to attend Amnesty’s International Council Meeting.

Delegates from Amnesty International outside Govt Buildings calling for a change to Ireland's abortion laws. #ntfm pic.twitter.com/2uGSVMLQcu

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They carried over 80 suitcases to signify the amount of women who travel to the UK in order to access an abortion.

More than 4,000 women travel abroad for a termination every year.

Tara, an Amnesty delegate from India, said the current situation is unsatisfactory.

"We're talking about large numbers," she said.

"Since 1977, if we have more than 150,000 women, who have to undertake very undignified journeys that they are smaller, just because of the state they're in, and have to leave the country in order to do something, is wrong."