pro-choice activists, central bank plaza, dublin.

on saturday 30th of june, 2007, choice ireland held a rally at the central bank plaza at 2pm. the theme of the rally was "fight for a woman's right to choose". in attendance were senator david norris as well as ivana bacik, the reid professor of law at trinity college dublin (and since july, a senator also) and a representative from doctors for choice, who spoke on their different experiences of the issue of reproductive rights, as well as the status of the campaign in the light of a recent m-r-b-i poll that presented that a majority of people now support legislating for abortion rights in the republic of ireland.

it was a busy saturday noon, and dublin's hive-like activity carried on as usual. while tourists, emo/goth teens and shoppers walked around, some people were handing out fliers in order to try and get some last-minutes attendants to the rally which was about to begin. choice ireland had been slowly gaining notoriety due to their work during the recent d case, in which a young woman was denied the right to travel for an abortion since she was in the care of the health service executive. moreover, recent polls commissioned by the irish family planning association show a great change in attitudes to abortion in ireland. capturing the mood of those polls, choice ireland held a brief leafleting event in front of dail eireann on june 27th, with a suitcase or backpack for each irish woman that, statistically, travels daily for an abortion either to the uk or elsewhere in the european union.