Abortion

Report states provision of abortion has evolved and is now largely viewed as a routine and normal part of healthcare

Undue haste is dangerous, reflection vital in matters of life and death

Proponents say proposal has had plenty of examination - but opponents may play for time

If ever there was a case for a conscience vote in the Dáil, this is it

Some Government TDs argue at Oireachtas health committee that pushing Bill through rapidly could cause divisions

Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan

It’s not like buying a financial product

Did Miriam Lord hit the nail on the head, or hit democracy where it hurts?

Taoiseach’s cranky inner teacher comes out as he sees TDs not paying attention in class

Radio: When the Liveline host revisits reliably contentious subjects, he’s not just indulging in nostalgia

Possible leadership contenders O’Callaghan and Calleary vote against removing three-day waiting period

‘It was my expressed wish that members of my party would vote in the way they wished on this issue,’ said Simon Harris

Greatest effect would be for women who, for various complex reasons, seek an abortion close to the end of their first trimester

Proposal will abolish compulsory three-day wait for access

Abortion may not be the defining social and political issue it once was, but securing a change to reproductive rights would still be significant

Little explanation of Coalition support for Opposition’s bid to remove key clause from draft law Harris said ‘has to count for something’

Micheál Martin says Bill should go to committee stage; Government TDs will have free vote as a ‘matter of conscience’

Differences fracturing progressive alliance formed during Catherine Connolly’s presidential campaign

Women facing fatal foetal diagnoses have almost always reflected extensively before presenting for care. These are not casual decisions

The mandatory waiting period is an unacceptable, demeaning and patronising

Abortion allows society to shrug its shoulders - towards the children of unplanned pregnancies but also to systemic pressures, from the housing crisis to the cost of living

Richard Boyd Barrett introduces Bill to sanction Israel, break off ‘all economic trade, financial relations’

Two Government Ministers abstain while three backbenchers support move to committee stage

Though it’s none of their business

Second Bill introduced in past month on issue after March for Life rally hit out at left-wing parties’ attempts to ‘remove safeguards’

Public urged at March for Life rally to elect more TDs who oppose abortion

Social Democrats say ‘cooling off period’ lacks scientific basis

Rite & Reason: If a rule were introduced that only one income could be used for a mortgage, would house prices collapse?

Hannah McCann: ‘Maybe graphic novels were sniffed at in the past as not really reading, but they’re an important literary device’

Ruth Coppinger says 72-hour delay ‘does not apply to any other medical procedure that we have in law’

US ambassador Edward Walsh among audience at IRL Forum in Co Meath on Saturday

In wake of X case and 1992 referendum, fresh restrictions - including injunctions on travel - caused concern

Legislation passed second stage in previous Dáil but TDs decided by 73 to 71 to reject Bill

Girl told doctors she would ‘cut the baby out myself’ if termination not permitted

The crimewriter on her latest novel, The Silent Ones; how TV work helps pay the bills; and her love of David Brent

There seems to be little hope of her heralding a revival of social conservatism given that her political cohort isn’t even comfortable calling itself ‘conservative’

As a liberal, I felt Maria Steen’s election would have been a step backwards for the Ireland I believe in

Was Zappone more effective as an insider than as an activist? The answer is not always clear

The 2023 three year review on abortion called for guidelines to be developed on comfort care after a live birth after abortion

Event for Ireland’s youngest ever taoiseach attended by Mick Wallace and Clare Daly, among other politicians