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Abortion: Ireland

How did the Dáil vote on the Sinn Féin abortion bill?

The Dáil has passed a Bill to abolish the mandatory three-day waiting period for abortion, a safeguard introduced in the 2018 Abortion Act.

Abortion: UK

UK: Bill on babies born alive after an abortion receives First Reading in House of Lords

Baroness O’Loan’s Infant (Born Alive) Protection Bill received its First Reading last Thursday June 11th after being drawn at number seventeen in the House of Lords Private Members’ Bill ballot.

Abortion: Ireland

WATCH: TD accuses SF of ignoring proof that 3-day wait saves lives

TDs have hit out at Sinn Fein’s proposal to scrap the 3-day wait before abortion, accusing the party of ignoring evidence that the period of reflection reduces the number of abortions, and arguing that the abortion rate is currently so high that “it is affecting the birth rate.”

Abortion: Ireland

Sinn Féin to bring forward bill to scrap 3-day wait

Sinn Féin is set to bring forward a bill to scrap the 3-day wait period before abortion in the Dáil next Tuesday evening.

Abortion: Ireland

109,000 payments to abortion providers in first 6 years

More than 109,000 payments have been made to abortion providers since 2019, new data released to Carol Nolan TD shows.

Abortion: Ireland

HSE still has no guidelines for when babies survive abortions

An Independent TD has said it is “deeply concerning” that the HSE has confirmed to her that it is only at the scoping stage in relation to guidelines around “care for circumstances where a baby is born showing signs of life”, following an abortion.

Canvass, Activism, Rally for Life, Roadshows

Wexford for Life Rally to take place on 20th June

Wexford for Life will hold its first Rally for Life on Saturday, 20th June, beginning at 2.00pm from Wexford Friary. The event aims to promote and celebrate the dignity of every human life from conception to natural death. Participants will gather to show support for the protection of life at all stages and to raise awareness of the importance of compassionate support for women facing unplanned pregnancies.

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Witness at Cavan General Hospital

On Sunday May 24 Cavan Choose Life branch held a prayer protest at the HSE Offices in Cavan town.

Abortion: Ireland

NI: Woman cleared as abortion zone conviction collapses

A woman from Northern Ireland who became the first person to be convicted under the province’s abortion “censorship zone” law has had her conviction quashed.

Abortion, Abortion: Ireland, Foetal Pain

SHOCKING: 575 abortions carried out with no upper gestational age limit

Hundreds of abortions have been carried out after 12 weeks’ with no legal upper gestational limit, it has been revealed.

Abortion, Abortion: Ireland, Life Institute

Abortion Bill defeat: “Now seize chance to actually help women”

The defeat of the proposal put forward by the Social Democrats to scrap the 3-day wait before abortion should now act as a catalyst for “positive action” from the government to “actually help women” and “reduce the spiralling abortion rate”, pro-life activists have said.

Abortion: Ireland, Abortion Politicians, Referendum

Which TDs voted for and against the Soc Dems’ abortion Bill?

The Social Democrats’ abortion (Reproductive Rights Amendment) Bill was defeated by 85 votes to 30 in a vote on Wednesday night. There were 36 abstentions.

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