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The Life Institute has said that TDs have no mandate to scrap the 3-day waiting period before a woman undergoes an abortion, and that to do so could lead to an additional 1,000 abortions every year.
New data released to Carol Nolan TD shows, yet again, that more than a thousand women changed their mind during the 3-day period of reflection after a first abortion appointment.
A series of pro-life meetings, taking place across the country as the Abortion Review continues, aims to continue the renewal organisers say is being undertaken to rebuild the culture.
A new billboard campaign from Life Institute is urging that the 3-day waiting period before undergoing an abortion be retained, and the group says data suggests that scrapping the period for reflection may bring another sharp rise in the abortion rate.
The Life Institute has said that it believes a great deal of malice and a desire to punish pro-life activists is the primary motivation behind moves to criminalise peaceful and prayerful vigils at abortion centres.
The Life Institute will hold a press event at Dáil Éireann tomorrow, Thursday 14th October, at 11 am to present the national pro-life billboard campaign which is central to a #RethinkAbortion initiative gathering pace ahead of the 3-year abortion review promised by Minister Stephen Donnelly.
The Life Institute has welcomed the decision of the Oireachtas Justice Committee to comprehensively reject a bill seeking to legalise Assisted Suicide.
An awareness event at the Dáil yesterday evening marked the third anniversary of the repeal of the constitutional right to life of preborn babies, and remembered the 6,666 unborn children whose lives were ended by abortion.
Ireland is currently sleepwalking into legalising Assisted Suicide, and TDs need to realise that they are endangering vulnerable people by supporting this measure.
According to a RTE report, after just four months of legalised abortion, campaigners are already calling to have the 12-week limit pushed back - and the three-day waiting period scrapped. They estimate at least 10,000 Irish abortions every year under the new law.
Today, the Fianna Fáíl TD Lisa Chambers issued a half-baked apology to the women she had hurt when she said abortion regret was a "makey-uppy" thing.
The Life Institute has called on the Coroner at the inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar to hear from neutral expert obstetric witnesses on the impact of Irish law on necessary terminations of pregnancy, in order to ensure a balanced view is heard.
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