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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: 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.

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.

Abortion: Ireland, Abortion: UK

Precious Life welcomes strong stand by Scottish Bishops against 'draconian' Buffer Zones law

Precious Life has warmly welcomed a powerful statement from the Catholic Bishops of Scotland condemning the country’s abortion “buffer zones” law as disproportionate, undemocratic and a serious threat to fundamental freedoms.

Abortion: Ireland

12 babies born alive after abortion in 2022

'Barbaric': The HSE data showed that 12 babies were born alive following abortion and died afterwards in 2022 alone. Of those, one preborn child was less than 22 weeks gestation; nine were between 22 and 27 weeks, and two were 28 - 31 weeks gestation.

Abortion: Ireland, Canvass, Activism, Rally for Life, Roadshows

Thousands pack Rally for Life to decry government policy as "aborting Ireland's future"

Thousands have attended a pro-life rally in Dublin today urging the government to take action on "spiralling abortion rates" - with organisers saying that housing, cultural failures, and a lack of support for women are factors in the soaring numbers of abortions and a collapsing birth rate.

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