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Abortion: Ireland

The bonkers world of Irish journalism

Gript.ie carried a report recently (22nd September 2020) on the answer given by the HSE in response to a parliamentary question (PQ) from Carol Nolan TD. 

Euthanasia

Gino Kenny doesn't seem to know what's in his own bill on Assisted Suicide

People Before Profit TD, Gino Kenny, doesn't seem to know the contents of his own Bill - the proposed legislation he will introduce to the Dáil this afternoon which seeks to make Assisted Suicide legal. 

Crisis Pregnancy, Support, Adoption

Altar in honour of Our Blessed Lady of Guadalupe erected in Savours Church, Dominic Street

Our Lady of Guadalupe was responsible for the conversion of Mexico to Catholicism  following on Her apparitions to a shepherd boy, Juan Diego, which started  on 1st December 1531.

Abortion

Countries with liberal legislation have higher rate of abortion for unexpected pregnancies.

A new study has found that 70% of unintended pregnancies end in abortion in countries where it is broadly legal, while in countries where abortion is restricted, this happens only in 50% of the cases.

Abortion: Central/Sth America

The Blue Wave: a pro-life tide is sweeping South America and offers hope to Ireland

A new tide of pro-life energy, dubbed the Blue Wave, is sweeping across South and Central America, and achieving welcome victories for mothers and babies. 

Abortion: Ireland

Ireland’s 6,666 Victims of Repeal are why pro-lifers aren't going away

At the end of June, the Irish government released its first official abortion report: 6,666 abortions in 2019, with another 375 women traveling to the United Kingdom for abortions.

Abortion: Ireland

The Irish abortion report is a farce. How can it be a basis for reviewing abortion legislation in 2021?

It is remarkable what politicians and political campaigners can get away with, when journalists fail to call them to account – and nowhere is this more evident than around the issue of abortion. 

Abortion

Spitting in the Face of Black America and Calling it Rain

To spit in the face of another human being is a visible sign of contempt. Anyone witnessing such an act unquestionably knows there are no gray lines of ambiguity concerning the meaning of such an act. Even those witnessing it are impacted because the act is so vile. 

Doctors / Medics

Eulogy for Dr. Robert Walley

I met Dr. Robert Walley for the first time in Rome in 2001, at the very first conference organized by Matercare International at the Instituto Maria Sanctissima Bambina. Professor Michał Troszyński, my supervisor from the National Research Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw, where I was working at that time, was invited by Dr. Walley, and asked me to accompany him.

Huge variation in abortion rates in different parts of Ireland

The new report on abortions in Ireland is very short on information, but does allow us to compare the abortion rate of different counties. The figure for the total number of terminations in Ireland last year was, of course, 6666.

Abortion: Ireland

Abortions in 2019 on Irish residents

According to the Irish Department of Health, 6,666 abortions were perfomed in the Republic at Irish taxpayers’ expense, including 67 from Northern Ireland,  15 residents from other countries and 525 for whom no Irish county or foreign country is known. 

Abortion: Ireland

I assured wary voters that Repeal would lower the abortion rate. I was wrong.

Last week, the Department of Health published their annual report in accordance with section 20 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 detailing the number of legal abortions carried out in Ireland in 2019.