Campaigners have called on the Government to remove the mandatory three-day wait for an abortion at the annual March for Choice in Dublin city centre.
The 15th March for Choice, organised by the Abortion Rights Campaign, highlighted the barriers women still face in accessing abortion care in Ireland.
More than 100 people gathered to march from the Department of Health to Leinster House.
It comes after the HSE told the Oireachtas Health Committee on Wednesday "there is no clinical requirement for a mandatory three-day waiting period".
The committee is currently scrutinising a Sinn Féin bill to remove the three-day mandatory wait for access to abortion services.
However, the clinical director of the HSE's National Women and Infants Health Programme acknowledged that a decision on its removal is a matter "ultimately for the Oireachtas".
Speakers at the march included Callum Kenny from Trans and Instersex Pride Ireland, Nem Kearns from Disabled Women Ireland and Lauran Kilmartin and Richael Carroll from the Abortion Rights Campaign Ireland.
Lauran Kilmartin from Abortion Rights Campaign Ireland called for "free, safe, local and accessible abortions" in Ireland.
She said a "huge amount of barriers" still exist in the current legislation, adding the three-day mandatory wait is an "unnecessary barrier" to women's healthcare.
"It proposes this idea that women haven't thought about their decision before they go to their GPs. There should be a reflection period, but it shouldn't be forced on the people who have made their decisions," added Ms Kilmartin.
She said: "Unnecessary expenses are doubled when you have to get back a second time."
Executive Director of the National Women's Council Corrinne Hasson said: "We have come so far but we have so more still to do."
Ms Hasson added: "Whenever a woman goes to ask for an abortion , they have already thought about it.
"In this day and age women should be allowed to make their own choices."
Callum Kenny from Trans Intersex Pride Dublin said: "We believe in body autonomy. Abortion rights affect everyone. In general, abortions should be easier to access."
In a statement this evening, the Pro Life Campaign said: "We should be uniting as a country to focus on finding ways to reduce the number of abortions taking place rather than the opposite."
