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"Ireland’s abortion campaigners were just happy to use the hard cases to repeal the 8th, and happy to conceal their full intention until that obstacle was removed. This was never truly about babies diagnosed with 'fatal foetal abnormalities.'"
RTÉ Investigates turned a blind eye to the grim reality of abortion, writes NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN. "Dressing up biased reporting as investigation, and campaigning as fair reporting. No wonder fewer and fewer people are listening."
Why the MEDIA SILENCE on the shocking case of a woman being brought to Limerick Hospital in an ambulance – bleeding, in extreme medical distress, and requiring lifesaving intervention – because of our abortion policies, asks NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN
A woman who had taken prescribed abortion pills later presented with a life-threatening ruptured ectopic pregnancy in Maternity Hospital Limerick – and experts said the practice of not providing an ultrasound in medical abortion could lead to death where it was not understood that ectopic pregnancy was involved.
I imagine that most people reading this are saddened and appalled by the number of abortions now taking place in Ireland.
After promising voters it would be "rare", this government has presided over a situation where abortion rates have rocketed.
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly was impressed with the 2023 Abortion Review. He should not have been.
The Safe Access Zones Bill passed by a significant majority tonight in the Dáil by 117 votes, with ten pro-life TDs voting against the law, which would create a buffer zone within 100 metres of abortion centres or hospitals where abortions are performed.
Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said that he is “open-minded” about potentially changing the three-day wait period for abortion.
We are, therefore, in grave danger of legislating out of existence one of the few safeguards that we have in our abortion legislation, despite clear evidence, year after year, that this safeguard works as intended, and saves about 1000 lives a year.
The sunny Saturday we enjoyed last week facilitated another extremely fruitful occasion for meaningful conversations.
The Department of Health has confirmed that remote abortions, introduced temporarily in Ireland during Covid-19, have now been made permanent, despite warnings that taking the pills without seeing a doctor in person may enable coercion and cause harm.
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