The Irish Family Planning Association has launched a campaign to introduce legal abortion services in Ireland.
The campaign will involve lobbying political parties to introduce legislation providing for abortion.
It will also include a legal case being taken to the European Court of Human Rights by three Irish women who have had abortions abroad.
The Irish Family Planning Association says that over 6,000 Irish women travelled to Britain last year to have an abortion.
They say other women travelled to countries like the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain.
This afternoon the IFPA launched a 13-point campaign aimed at securing abortion services in Ireland.
The campaign will include seeking meetings with the leaders of each political party to lobby them to change the current laws.
Also, the Association is supporting three Irish women who have had abortions abroad and who are now taking a case to the European Court of Human Rights.
The women say their human rights were breached by not being allowed have an abortion in Ireland.
Meanwhile, the Pro Life Campaign has said it is saddened by the call for abortion services.
The Pro Life Campaign said it welcomed further dialogue and said it would welcome a pro-life worded referendum.
The launch of today's campaign by the Irish Family Planning Association was disrupted by six anti-abortion protestors who tried to gain access to the room where the press conference was being held.
