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Abortion figures are now 'out of control', according to the Life Institute, as new data released for the first six months of the year suggests that up to 10,000 terminations may take place in 2023 if the trend continues.
The Safe Access Zones Bill is “more to satisfy a lobby group than to solve a real problem that exists in society,” the Dáil has heard.
Organisers of the Rally for Life say that they are “disappointed but not surprised” that an Garda Síochana “failed to record” a complaint of criminal destruction of pro-life posters, even though a call was made to Rathmines Garda station after abortion supporters tore the poster down.
Thousands are expected to gather at the annual Rally for Life on Saturday, where speakers will urge the government to take action to tackle "surging abortion numbers" after new figures show that 8,156 abortions took place in 2022.
Irish abortion providers have given an insight into the reality of the practice with one woman saying “morally and ethically the hardest thing definitely is seeing the little fetus, you know, at the end of it all they are formed so well, like even little fingernails .. even just at, you know, coming up to that twelve-week mark.”
The Life Institute has said that a sharp rise in the number of abortions carried out in 2022 represented a "catastrophic loss of life" and that the government needed to take measures to tackle the rising abortion rate.
An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has said that he would like to have seen the Abortion Review ‘properly explore’ why women did not return for an abortion after the 3-day waiting period – while adding that he would like to see fewer abortions happening in Ireland.
The Life Institute is urging pro-lifers to use a new leaflet advertising the Rally for Life to also get as many people as possible to contact TDs to ensure that the 3-day waiting period of reflection is retained in Ireland’s abortion legislation.
A leading pro-life group has said the fact that a bill legalising abortion on demand to 6 months was supported by a narrow majority of TDs shows the Dáil is out of touch with the people on this issue.
Approaching the 5th anniversary of the repeal of the 8th amendment, the Catholic Bishops Conference have said that the narrative around abortion must be changed and asserted their belief that Ireland’s abortion law will eventually be repealed.
A letter in the Irish Times this week highlighted the likelihood that even many Yes voters would see the scarpping of the 3-day wait before abortion as a "betrayal".
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