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The Life Institute has called for a review of how a diagnosis of a disability for an unborn child is shared with parents, after shocking new figures show that the number of abortions for babies with Down Syndrome has tripled for women travelling from Ireland since 2018.
NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: Jack Chambers - who now says he has changed his mind on abortion - is chasing this elusive thing called the pro-choice voter. He is as deluded as he is unprincipled.
A memorial for unborn children whose lives have been ended by abortion has heard that these lives should be remembered.
The media helped to spread a lie: JOHN MCGUIRK walks through the politically motivated smearing of a Limerick prayer group, for which nobody in journalism, or politics, will ever apologise.
"The extent to which Irish left liberalism is an adjunct – both ideologically and indeed to a large degree financially – of the Anglo liberal sphere is sharply illustrated by the reaction to the leaked United States Supreme Court judgement on the 1973 Roe v Wade decision that legalised abortion on demand" MATT TREACY writes...
"If you were a reluctant ‘Yes’ voter in 2018, you may be shocked that your vote is now being used to push abortion on demand right up to 6 months of pregnancy."
The Life Institute has said that the process by which the public can make submissions to the three-year abortion review seems designed to limit access to the public, especially in regard to minorities, those who were disadvantaged and those who were older.
Staff at a family planning clinic in Limerick have denied a claim, made by a spokesperson for the Together for Safety lobby group, that pro-life protesters tried to gain access to the clinic. The claim was originally reported in a recent article in the Limerick Post.
Senator Rónán Mullen yesterday called on the Irish Independent to apologise to a woman who was inaccurately quoted in an article by Irish Independent journalist Ellen Coyne. The Senator also requested that Coyne herself apologise for the article.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly put the National Women’s Council (NWCI) in charge of deciding which groups would be consulted for the three year review of the abortion legislation – meaning that only abortion-supporting organisations were included.
Pro-life groups and TDs have expressed concern that research which will inform an important review of the 2018 abortion legislation is being led by a campaigner for Repeal of the 8th amendment.
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