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Abortion / Mental health

“It’s not what the industry tells you it is” – Women tell the stories of their traumatic experiences with abortion and regret

A common misunderstanding about the pro-life movement and those who oppose abortion is that we are trying to control women and “limit women’s reproductive freedom”, or that we simply do not care about the mother or her wellbeing.

Abortion / Mental health

Britney Spears reveals “agonising” abortion she had while dating Justin Timberlake

Britney Spears has opened up about the “agonising” abortion she had while she was in a relationship with Justin Timberlake more than 20 years ago.

Abortion Industry, Abortion: Ireland, Abortion / Mental health, Abortion / Sexual Assault

Is there a link between abortion, pornography and rape?

Barely a year had passed since the Repealers had ghoulishly celebrated their abortion “win” in Dublin Castle when the sexual assault and brutal murder of 14-year-old Ana Kriegal hit the headlines. It soon was revealed that the two teenage boys who were accused of her murder had been accessing hardcore pornography online.

Abortion activists / politicians, Abortion / Mental health

Veronica O'Keane's bizzare claims show abortion committee not interested in evidence

So did you hear the one about the professor who goes into a Dáil Committee. She says that “that the mental health of every person in Ireland is being damaged by the Eighth Amendment”. There is no punchline. Professor Veronica O’Keane’s claim is beyond a joke, but in the bizarre world of the Oireachtas Committee on Abortion it doesn’t really seem to matter what you say as long as you are cheering for abortion.

Abortion: Ireland, Abortion / Mental health, Crisis Pregnancy, Support, Adoption, Media Bias

Stop the Fake News: It's not true that a woman was locked up for seeking an abortion in Ireland

The headlines were dramatic, and wholly misleading, but when it comes to abortion unfortunately this sort of fake news reporting has become the new standard in Ireland. So first, let’s set the record straight: a child was not locked up for seeking an abortion in Ireland, and nothing in Irish law would permit any woman to be detained because she requested an abortion. So what are the facts of the case? Firstly, very little is known apart from what was detailed in a report from the Child Care Law Reporting Project. That project reported that a consultant psychiatrist had recommended that a pregnant girl be detained “because she had a mental health disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health Act ….. and was at risk of self harm and suicide”.

Abortion / Health, Abortion: Ireland, Abortion / Mental health

ELARD KOCH: Chile and Ireland, where motherhood really is safe

What makes Chile and Ireland similar countries in matters of maternal health and abortion? In September 2012 I had the invaluable opportunity to participate as a member of the Committee on Excellence in Maternal Healthcare, convened in Dublin to analyze the experience of Ireland, Chile, and other countries with a high standard in maternal health around the world. The meeting was crowned with the Declaration of Dublin

Abortion / Health, Abortion / Mental health

ABORTION AND MATERNAL HEALTH : FIGURES FROM MEXICO

We have been hearing a lot in recent months about how abortion legislation is necessary to safeguard women’s health and lives. There has been a lot of talk also about maternal mortality figures and their reliability. So just what effect does a restrictive abortion regime have on maternal health? Is the notion that abortion is necessary in order to improve maternal health just hearsay and opinion or is it based on solid empirical evidence? If one consults the recent Oireachtas hearings on the Expert Group Report on the ABC case, Irish experts confirmed that they are not aware of any Irish women dying due to the unavailability of abortion here. Therefore, what effect could the legalisation of abortion possibly have on improving our maternal mortality rate – which incidentally is one of the best in the world? A recent study carried out by Chilean doctors on the incidence of abortion in Mexico, sheds even greater light on the likely negligible effect legalising abortion would have on decreasing the incidence of maternal death here.

Abortion / Mental health, Abortion: UK

Don't legislate for suicide says man who brought abortion act to Britain

The man described as the architect of Britain’s liberal abortion laws, has said the Irish Government would be making a mistake if it goes ahead with plans to legislate for termination on the grounds of a threat of suicide. Writing in the Irish Independent, Gemma O’Doherty reports that Lord David Steel, whose 1967 act permitted abortion up to the 28th week of pregnancy, said an Irish law which decides who can avail of a termination by ticking boxes would be “very difficult to implement”.

Abortion / Health, Abortion: Ireland, Abortion / Mental health

No abortions carried out on Irish women to "save the life of the mother" since 1992, UK figures reveal

The Committee for Excellence in Maternal Healthcare released a very interesting Press Release yesterday that I thought was very good. Please share it widely

Abortion / Health, Abortion: Ireland, Abortion / Mental health

STUDIES SHOW PREGNANT WOMEN CAN BE TREATED FOR CANCER ‘WITHOUT HARMING BABY’

The abortion cheerleaders must have been seething this week when a collection of studies published in the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, showed that abortion is not required to treat pregnant women who develop cancer. As the Life Institute has regularly pointed out, abortion is never medically necessary, and Irish doctors treat pregnant women with cancer on a daily basis without recourse to abortion. That hasn’t stopped abortion campaigners from telling bare-faced lies however, and they are currently using the Irish media to amplify their scaremongering; making the entirely false claim that women need abortion to preserve their lives.

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