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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. 

Abortion: Ireland, Exclusion Zones

Pro-life prayer and vigils will continue despite "undemocratic" abortion access zones

Pro-life prayer and vigils will continue despite an "undemocratic" new law which "criminalises even silent prayer and witness" in abortion access zones.

Abortion: Ireland

Pro-lifers say 10,000 abortions not predicted by yes campaign before repeal

Pro-life organisation, Life Institute, has said that there should be no attempt to “rewrite history” in regard to predicted abortion numbers, after a leading advocate of legalised abortion, Dr Peter Boylan, said this week that 10,000 abortions had been predicted and planned in 2018.

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Bishop Kevin Doran’s homily at the mass for the Rally for Life

The Bishop of Elphin told pro-lifers ahead of the Rally for Life this year their participation in the march was a “vital expression of our commitment to defend the common good of our whole society”. 

Abortion: Ireland

Annual abortions climb to over 10,000 for first time since repeal

Over 10,000 abortions took place in Ireland in 2023, new government figures released on Friday evening show. It is the highest ever number of annual abortions performed in the State, and a 250% increase on 2018 figures. 

Abortion: Ireland

After Limerick case, medics write to every TD to warn ultrasounds must be provided before abortion

Doctors, Nurses, and Midwives have written to every TD in the Dáil, and to every Senator, to urge them to take "immediate action" to ensure that an ultrasound is provided before abortion pills are prescribed to women after a woman almost died in a case presented by Limerick Maternity Hospital.

Abortion: Europe, Abortion: Ireland

Irish MEPs join EU lawmakers in voting to enshrine abortion as a fundamental right

The European Parliament on Thursday voted to make abortion a fundamental right, just weeks after French MEPs voted to enshrine the right to abortion in its constitution.

Abortion: Ireland

‘Aborting our future’: 10,000 abortions in 2023, new figures suggest

Abortion: Ireland, Abortion Politicians, Exclusion Zones

Freedoms "subject to exceptions" says Donnelly as abortion zones bill slammed in Seanad

The government’s Safe Access Zones Bill, which would make it a criminal offence to pray or demonstrate outside GP centres, health facilities and hospitals providing abortion nationwide, has been met with scrutiny in the Seanad.

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Abortion Review Chair accused of getting "basic facts wrong" at Oireachtas hearing  

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health has heard concerns from TDs around current practice which permits at-home and remote abortions, and around proposals to scrap the three-day waiting time for abortion made in the abortion review. 

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LIFE CHAIN' at Belfast City Hall commemorates NI abortion anniversary

Precious Life held a “Life Chain” at Belfast City Hall on Saturday 21st October 2023 at 2.00pm. The event was to mark the 4th anniversary of Westminster forcing abortion on Northern Ireland, and in remembrance of the babies killed since then.