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Abortion activists / politicians, Vote Pro-life

Election shows adherence to strong principles is not a problem for voters

NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: Candidates are told that there is a price to pay - mostly from the media - for being forthright about strongly-held principles on issues like immigration or abortion. But voters know holding fast to your beliefs is something to admire.

Abortion activists / politicians, Exclusion Zones

Abortion 'exclusion zone' legislation comes into effect

Assisted Suicide / Euthanasia

WATCH: Lib Dems leader 'sceptical' of assisted suicide after his mum's cancer battle

The leader of the LibDems said he remained a "sceptic" regarding assisted suicide, referencing his own mother’s battle with bone cancer where he said palliative care allowed her to “enjoy life and be with us”. 

Pregnancy Support

Baby Loss: A retreat to help heal the brokenhearted

Every Life Counts 

Abortion: Ireland

WATCH: Niamh Uí Bhriain on Niall Boylan Show re SPHE

WATCH: Niamh Uí Bhriain on Niall Boylan Show re SPHE 

Abortion: Asia/Oceania

Australian midwife testifies about babies left to die following abortions

An Australian midwife has testified before a parliamentary inquiry that babies are being born alive after abortions who struggle to live for up to five hours as they are left to die.

Abortion: Ireland

Call for government to establish special task force after abortion rate spirals to 10,000

The Life Institute has called for a special task force to be established to tackle what it described as a “spiralling abortion rate”, saying that the government must “wake up”  to the fact that abortion numbers have more than tripled since 2018.

Deafening silence on maternal deaths now that abortion is legal

LAURA PERRINS: "The silence over these latest three maternal deaths is deafening, shocking, and telling. Its obvious that securing abortion on demand was more important than providing safe and effective care for pregnant women."

Abortion / Health, Doctors / Medics

3 maternal deaths in week: Govt failing to prioritise pregnant women, says advocate

After three deaths around childbirth have taken place within a week in Ireland, according to reports, a midwife has said  is “clear from recent events that the government is not prioritising maternal safety”.

Abortion: Asia/Oceania

The demographic doom coming Ireland’s way?

Taiwan is currently enduring a wave of school closures brought on by their crippling low birth rate. Is that in store for Ireland?

Canvass / Activism / Rally

As soon as we set up, two women approached, fascinated by the preborn baby models

As soon as we set up our pro-life table on the streets of Dublin last weekend, we had two women approaching us, fascinated by the baby models. 

Abortion / Health, Health

“A miracle”: Parents advised to abort baby with heart defect which vanished

A mum from Hertfordshire has shared how her unborn child was diagnosed with a heart defect during her 20-week scan. Doctors had advised her and her partner to abort, however, they chose life for their baby, who is now happy and healthy after his heart defect “miraculously” vanished when he was just 5 days old.