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Abortion, Abortion activists / politicians, Video / Adverts / Film

UNPLANNED: European Premiere in Faroe Islands!

While I was home in Ireland during the Summer, someone offered me the possibility of going to see a private showing of the movie, “Unplanned”.

Abortion activists / politicians, Abortion Industry, Abortion: Ireland

Are Private, for-profit abortion clinics already here?

It will be recalled that throughout the referendum campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment, and indeed well before that point during the Oireachtas Committee hearings, it was continually stressed that the provision of abortion services would be GP led.

Abortion: Ireland

Fees for abortions in January/February almost €700,000

Stark details have emerged about the scale of the fees that have been paid to abortion providers at GP and Hospital level. The details were outlined in a report from the Irish Medical Times.

Abortion, Abortion activists / politicians

'Fine Gael TD says no Minister should ever be described as “unfit” for Office.' I disagree.

During the course of a Dáil debate yesterday evening on the establishment of the Cervical Check Tribunal Bill 2019, Deputy Mattie McGrath made the following comments in relation to Minister Simon Harris:

Abortion / Disability, Abortion: UK

HORRIFIC: A British court has ordered a forced abortion. So much for choice and women's bodily autonomy

On Friday, a British court made a profoundly shocking ruling which seeks to force a woman with an intellectual disability to undergo a late-term abortion against her wishes. 

Abortion activists / politicians, Abortion / Disability, Abortion: Ireland

Foeticide now a reality for Irish Hospitals

In January of this year the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists published a document called ‘Interim clinical guidance on pathway for management of fatal fetal anomalies and/or life-limiting conditions during pregnancy: Termination of Pregnancy.’

Abortion

Putting children first – while there’s still time

With 30 as the average age of mothers now giving birth – ‘four years older than in the Seventies’ - the chairman of the British Fertility Society Dr Jane Stewart has ‘called for a shift in society, urging those hoping for children to start planning at a younger age, when their fertility was more secure’ (‘Put babies before your careers to avoid fertility “heartbreak”, couples told’, Telegraph, June 22, 2019).

Abortion, Abortion activists / politicians

Passionately defending animal life while promoting human suffering

There are times when you find yourself listening to a pro-choice TD and the only appropriate response is jaw-dropping bewilderment.

Abortion, Abortion / Disability

Hundreds of children suffer major malformations-but who is accountable?

In April 2018, the Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome (FACS) Forum, appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health to discuss the risks associated with the Epilepsy and Bipolar treatment drug marked and licensed in Ireland as Epilim. 

Health Committee was told that misdiagnosed children could die

The scandal surrounding the misdiagnosis and death of an unborn child in Holles Street continues. The parents have now indicated that they feel abandoned by the state and the health system as their calls for an independent investigation are met with infuriating levels of political indifference.

Abortion misdiagnosis: Couple did not fear caring for sick child

More information about the tragic and shocking events that led to the abortion of a 15 week old baby misdiagnosed with a "fatal abnomality" has emerged. 

On July 6th Stand for Life

In the last month, the full horror of the inevitable outcome of Simon Harris’s abortion bill has been revealed. Those revelations should compel us to stand for life at the Rally for Life on July 6th in Dublin.