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Abortion / Health, Abortion Pills

Every TD and Senator contacted re Limerick abortion scandal

Both the Life Institute and Nurses & Midwives for Life have written to every TD in the Dáil, and to every Senator, to inform them regarding the shocking Limerick abortion case where a woman almost died - and to urge them to take action.

Abortion / Health, Abortion: World

Ethiopia: Study shows maternal deaths increased after abortion legalised

A new study published in the Ethiopian Medical Journal has evidenced an increase in maternal death following the legalisation of abortion in Ethiopia in 2005.

Abortion / Health, Doctors / Medics, Media Bias

Is Peter Boylan alright?

"Retirement, obsolescence can do funny things to the mind. It is time for us, as a caring people, to ask Dr Boylan if he is ok. And ask the Sisters of Charity to opt out of this charade and leave Dr Boylan and the State to found their own hospital."

Abortion, Abortion / Health, Abortion: Ireland, Crisis Pregnancy / Help/

Investigation says HSE MyOptions hotline is failing women in unplanned pregnancies

A recent investigation undertaken by Students For Life between November 2021 and January 2022 has revealed the recurrent deficiencies present in the HSE MyOptions service.

Abortion / Health

Woman dies of sepsis after abortion: media ignores tragic story

In the abortion debate, people are often falsely told that abortion is “necessary” to save a woman's life; a view that is often reiterated by the mainstream media. However, the same media is silent on the tragic case of a woman who died after undergoing an abortion. This important piece on Gript gives the details.

Abortion / Health

Cancer while pregnant: hero mum and baby doing great

At 16 weeks pregnant, Ellie Whittaker was diagnosed with stage 2 Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Doctors advised her to have an abortion or to delay treatment, even though studies have shown that women can be treated for cancer during pregnancy without harming the baby. These studies discovered that chemotherapy after the first trimester is not harmful to the baby. Researchers concluded that women do not need to abort or to delay cancer treatment, but need to be fully informed of their treatment options instead of being offered abortion.

Abortion / Health, Abortion: Ireland

What Dr Rhona Mahony didn’t say about medical care under the 8th amendment

This week, Dr Rhona Mahony came out in support of legalising abortion on broad ‘health’ grounds and claimed that the 8th amendment was preventing doctors from saving women’s lives or giving them the medical treatment they required. Bioethics commentator, David Mullins, eviscerated that claim in this excellent article in the Irish Catholic and which explains that she did not present all the facts about Irish medical practice – and he showed that guidelines from the HSE and the Institute for Obstetrics and Gynaecology obliged doctors to act to save mothers’ lives where a delivery of the baby was necessary.

Abortion / Health

NYT: Give women, especially poorer women, real choices instead of abortion

The New York Times is not usually known for giving a hearing to a pro-life point of view so it was refreshing to see an insightful and intelligent article slamming the political view that says abortion is especially needed for poorer women. As the author writes: “It’s also patronizing, and patently dishonest. Of course unplanned pregnancy presents challenges. But it doesn’t have to lead to economic failure. Abortion is society’s easy way out — its way of avoiding grappling with the fundamental injustices driving women to abortion clinics.”

Abortion / Health, Citizens Assembly

Former abortion doctor tells Citizens Assembly about reality of procedure

At the 4th session of the Citizens’ Assembly the reality of abortion was brought home to the 99 members of the assembly when Dr Anthony Levatino gave a riveting, heart-breaking testimony. Watch it, share it, and read it below. Make the truth behind the repeal slogan known.

Abortion Activists, Abortion / Health, Abortion Pills

The abortion bus is pushing illegal drugs that can kill women and babies. They should be arrested

The Life Institute has said that pro-abortion activists travelling the country looking to tout abortion pills are acting like drug pushers, and that their disregard for the lives of women and babies was callous, reckless and reprehensible. Spokeswoman Niamh Uí Bhriain said that senior medical experts had advised that taking abortion pills in an unsupervised setting could kill women, and the abortion bus activists clearly had a reckless disregard for women's lives. That they had no regard for the lives of vulnerable babies was "shocking but unsurprising" she said.

Abortion / Health, Family

She was given a 1% chance of survival – and look at her now!

As you know, there’s a huge push right now, both North and South, to legalise abortion for babies with a disability. That’s why we need to stand strong against abortion at the All Ireland Rally for Life in Belfast on July 2nd.

Abortion: Europe, Abortion / Health, Abortion Industry

19-year-old woman dies during abortion in Italy

Last week, the Italian Health Ministry announced that a 19-year-old woman had died during an abortion procedure at Cardarelli Hospital in Naples. The young mother - Gabriella Cipolletta - died after going into hypovolemic shock during the abortion after losing too much blood. The Italian newspaper La Repubblica reports that Ms. Cipolletta discovered she was pregnant when she went to the doctor to be treated for a skin infection.

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