Abortion

Pontiff has been adamant bishops should avoid acting in a way ‘that is not pastoral’ and decline to ‘enter the political sphere’

In Ireland, you can tell people abortion figures won’t rise and still be unaccountable when they double

Fr Gabriel Burke would not give communion to Colm Burke who says priest him told he had been ‘excommunicated’

Draft law highlighted deep divisions in Donald Tusk’s ruling coalition

The 10,033 abortions in the Republic last year were described as a ‘national scandal’ at Rally for Life

Advocates on both sides of abortion debate express disappointment with court’s one-line ruling

USA-COURT/ABORTION (UPDATE 4, PIX):UPDATE 4-US Supreme Court appears set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, Bloomberg reports

Clinic that denied termination to woman whose pregnancy may have endangered her life fined €127,000

Total of 201 travelled from Ireland for procedure in England and Wales in 2022, a slight decrease on the previous year

Parliamentary answers suggest number of terminations being carried out in State ‘soaring’, campaigner Eilís Mulroy claims

Advertisement airing in both English and Spanish in battleground states features marine corps veteran attacking Trump for taking away women’s ‘freedom’

Governor Katie Hobbs says repeal is just beginning of fight to protect reproductive healthcare in state

Research shows the best predictor of a woman’s mental health after an abortion is her mental health before it

Minister for Health says passage of legislation will allow women to access legal health services without fear of intimidation or harassment

The conservative one-TD party is riding high after being the only party to call for no-no votes in the family and care referendums so disastrously lost by the Government parties in March

It’s now a year since barrister Marie O’Shea submitted a review to Government on the adequacy of the State’s abortion laws. One of the report’s recommendations was the removal of the mandatory three-day waiting period

A recent programme about Ireland’s abortion services reminds us there are other systemic flaws at the broadcaster beyond financial mismanagement

People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith says women still being treated as criminals for accessing reproductive healthcare

Women’s doctors and human rights groups say women still being ‘forced to travel’ for abortions despite legislation

Group presents proposals to permit abortion until the 12th week of pregnancy

Coalition of women’s, doctors’ and human rights groups call for ‘urgent action’ to implement recommendations of recent report on abortion services

Four Bills sent for further study by committee, including two proposing legalising procedure until 12th week of pregnancy

State supreme court upholds civil war-era law written before Arizona was a state and women could vote

In much of the commentary following the recent referendums, the phrase 'enough is enough' was often heard – the implication being that great numbers of people have made enough huge sacrifices by voting for compassion and understanding but that’s all over now

Former US president declines to endorse national ban but takes credit for overturning Roe v Wade

Rulings highlight how the US has grappled with issue since Roe v Wade decision overturned

Throughout his career, Varadkar used the media to fly kites or issue provocative statements, but if there was a negative reaction he qualified them almost to the point of meaninglessness

Rodrigo’s team reportedly insisting abortion-access groups no longer pass out lubrication, condoms and emergency contraceptive pill because children are attending concerts

Overturning of Roe v Wade in US prompted activists to push for country to explicitly protect procedure in basic law

The government has failed to demonstrate that the amendments are worthy of being included in our fundamental statement of values

Ex-president unwilling to air views publicly before clinching nomination to avoid alienating conservatives, according to New York Times

Americans are using their voices in the reproductive rights debate, but not in the way anti-abortion advocates had hoped

Newly declassified files span 10 years in which the Republic became more liberal and Northern Ireland gained peace

Prime minister’s private secretary wrote that Blair ‘sees little scope for bi-communal support for a change to the law’

Religious fanatics on the supreme court have yanked the United States back to back alleys

Tanáiste says Government giving ‘very serious consideration’ to proposals to amend abortion laws

People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith says woman will be forced to travel to UK for abortion

‘The imposition of so-called `safe’ abortion zones will further silence the voice of the innocent unborn’

Amnesty is calling for the introduction of telemedicine to help those in rural areas access services, as well as condemning ‘misinformation’ around services

Expansion of service to Kilkenny, Letterkenny, Wexford, Portlaoise and Ballinasloe sees terminations become available in 17 out of 19 maternity units