Emergency Make Abortion Accessible Rally

dublin | gender and sexuality | event notice Monday July 08, 2013 20:14 by Turing - Action On X.

The Abortion Bill will be voted on by TDs on Wednesday 10th of July. Anti-Choice groups are really turning up the pressure on Fine Gael on the back of their large so called "Rally for Life" on Saturday. Minister for Health, James O'Reilly, has indicated that he will try to put a late amendment to the Bill that put even more obstacles in the way of women having access to abortion than the current legal situation.

Protest at Dail 6pm Wednesday 10 July.

The Abortion Bill will be voted on by TDs on Wednesday 10th of July. Anti-Choice groups are really turning up the pressure on Fine Gael on the back of their large so called "Rally for Life" on Saturday. Minister for Health, James O'Reilly, has indicated that he will try to put a late amendment to the Bill that put even more obstacles in the way of women having access to abortion than the current legal situation

This cannot be allowed to happen.

It's 21 years since the X Case, when the Supreme Court ruled that abortion is legal if pregnancy poses a risk to a woman's life – including by suicide. Despite the death of Savita Halappanavar, some TDs want restrictions that make abortion inaccessible.

We demand legislation that gives access to abortion. It must include:
• The risk of suicide as grounds for abortion

• No more than two medical practitioners' opinions to approve an abortion

• State-wide access

• Access to abortion if a foetus has a fatal abnormality and cannot survive

• Decriminalisation of abortion

A vocal minority of TDs and Senators want restrictions that would cause doctors to delay performing abortions - and increase the risk to women's lives. The majority of people support abortion to protect women's lives – the Dáil must act for them.

Demand legislation that makes abortion accessible