Breda O’Brien: How many other Baby Christophers are there?

Christopher was aborted on grounds of fatal foetal abnormality, although perfectly healthy

Irish pharmacies giving away free condoms to promote safe sex

At least 10,000 condoms will be available across the country before and after Valentine’s Day

Why contraception isn’t just about condoms and the pill

Family planning experts believe long-acting, reversible contraceptives, such as implants and coils, are much more effective in preventing unwanted pregnancy

Cura, the Catholic Church crisis pregnancy agency, to close on Friday

Decision linked to declining demand and proliferation of other agencies

Numbers travelling to Britain for abortion fall to 1980 level

Records show women with Republic address at clinics in England and Wales at nine a day

Breda O’Brien: The right to choose reinforces patriarchy

Designating a child as chosen radically alters the unconditional nature of parental love

Noonan says scrapping VAT on condoms would not lower STI rate

Minister says he does not believe abolishing VAT would affect sexual behaviour

Unthinkable: Is philosophy having an existential crisis?

Irish governments have been slow to draw on philosophers, argues Joseph Mahon

Hundreds of Irish women travel to Netherlands for abortions

Figures show almost 1,500 women visited Dutch clinics between 2006 and 2013

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Abortion regime ‘violates human rights’, says Amnesty

Report says death of Savita Halappanavar a consequence of Ireland’s ‘restrictive abortion law’

Fitzgerald to abandon plan to lower age of sexual consent to 16

Cabinet decision never taken on memo from Shatter on bringing age down from 17

Hidden pregnancy hasn’t gone away, it just has another face

While Ireland may no longer be such a harsh place for unmarried pregnant women, the stigma persists

Ireland’s historic lack of sex education

The sad story of Ann Lovett

Second Opinion: Pregnancy still a crisis the State can’t seem to deal with