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ROSA International Women’s Day Protest
International Women's Day Protest - 6pm at the Spire, Friday 8 March
- Stand up for women's right to choose
- Stop violence against women
- Rage against rape
- Oppose austerity & the assault on the public sector
For a woman’s right to choose
The following is the text of a leaflet distributed by the Socialist Party at a recent protest demanding legislation on the X case.
Interview with pro-choice campaigners
In April of this year, the government parties, including the Labour Party that claims to have a pro-choice position, shamefully rejected a bill to legislate for the X Case, introduced by Socialist Party TD, Clare Daly. The persistent conservatism of the political establishment was exposed and women in Ireland (like the estimated 150,000 women who have travelled abroad to access a termination since 1980 before them), continue to suffer the consequences.
One year after Savita’s death – real change not delivered
A year has passed since the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar. Last November saw over two thousand people take to the streets of Dublin to express their sorrow as well as their outrage that in 2012 a young woman could effectively be left to suffer and die in pain rather than be granted a termination of pregnancy that could have potentially saved her life.
