Around the anniversary of the tragic loss of the 8th Amendment we host a series of events, campaigns and actions to encourage the public to face the reality of repeal has actually meant, and to urge them to Rethink Abortion.
Voters were promised that abortion would be "rare". But the number of abortions shot up, rising to a shocking 6,666 in 2019 in the first year of the regime alone.
That was more than double the number of abortions which had been carried out on 2,879 women who travelled to Britain for the procedure in 2018. An unknown number of women, estimated by some at 1,000 or more, also took abortion pills in that year.
The appalling rise in the abortion rate in 2019 reversed almost a decade of decline in the number of abortions undergone by women living in Ireland. This massive upwards shift was predicted by pro-life activists during the 2018 referendum and strongly denied by abortion campaigners including members of government. We can see who was telling the truth now. So much for Leo Varadkar’s promise of abortion being ‘rare".
Voters were also told that late-term abortion would not be permitted if the 8th was repealed. That also proved to be a lie.
The HSE is now telling women who've undergone medical abortion to flush their baby's body "down the toilet". The callousness and cruelty is deeply shocking.
But #WeRememberThem. And we will continue to show the #RealityOfRepeal and to #StandForLife