Alliance for Choice symbolic protests across North

national | gender and sexuality | news report Saturday October 18, 2008 18:40 by Goretti Horgan - Alliance for Choice equalchoice at aol dot com Derry

40 women gathered in different parts of the North today

The point of the protests in Belfast, Derry and Lisburn was to symbolise the 40 women a week who leave the North to travel to Britain or Europe to seek abortions

This photo is of the Derry protest where the women wore white masks to symbolise the invisibility of the women who travel for abortion. If you want to see more photos or get some ideas about what you can do to help the campaign, go to www.allianceforchoiceni.org