Large crowds protest at US embassy in Dublin over abortion ruling

Orla O'Brien and Tanya Miller protested the decision to overturn Roe v Wade at the US Embassy Ballsbridge. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

Large crowds attended a protest at the United States embassy in Dublin after the constitutional right to abortion in the US was removed by the nation's highest court.

The US Supreme Court ruling, handed down on Friday, ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years by deciding to overturn the landmark Roe v Wade ruling.