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Abortion

Last month
May 2026
Diplomatic Relations
Taoiseach says he asked Pope Leo for ‘every effort’ on redress for historical abuse
Updated 22 May
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Abortion
Social Democrats' Bill proposing abortion law changes defeated in Dáil vote
The bill proposed to scrap the three-day waiting period and change rules around fatal foetal abnormality cases, but ministers had raised legal concerns.
Updated 13 May
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Fatal foetal abnormalities
FF and FG TDs will have a free vote on Social Democrats' proposed abortion legislation
12 May
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This year
2026
holly cairns
Government to engage with Social Democrats' bill seeking to update abortion law
Updated 28 Apr
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FactCheck
FactCheck: Anti-abortion campaigners say Holly Cairns' comments in the Dáil misled. Who is right?
22 Mar
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Fatal foetal abnormalities
Taoiseach commits to examining review into Ireland's abortion law three years after publication
4 Mar
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Courts
Man who forced woman to take abortion pills jailed for nine years
19 Feb
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Last year
2025
FactCheck
FactCheck: Did a narrow vote in the Dáil almost open the door to abortion ‘up until birth’?
23 Dec 2025
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abortion laws
'No scientific support' for mandatory abortion waiting period, IFPA says
6 Dec 2025
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Abortion Services
Women denied abortion at home could soon get help across EU borders
6 Nov 2025
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road to the Áras
On the ballot? Independent candidates, including Maria Steen, to pitch to some TDs and senators
Maria Steen has a slim chance of making it on to the presidential ballot with an uphill battle to get 20 Oireachtas members on her side.
11 Sep 2025
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United Kingdom
UK politicians vote to decriminalise abortion for women in England and Wales
19 Jun 2025
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Adriana Smith
Baby born to brain-dead US woman who was kept alive due to abortion law
18 Jun 2025
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FactCheck
FactCheck: Have one in eight women in Ireland visited an emergency department after an abortion?
The claim was made by the Pro Life Campaign this week.
6 Jun 2025
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Women's Rights
Annual anti-abortion march held in Dublin this afternoon
5 May 2025
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European Citizens Initiative
Over 1.2 million people sign petition to EU calling for financial support for abortions
24 Apr 2025
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InvestigatesExporting Abortion
'I'll never forgive my country': Women on the trauma of having to travel to UK for terminations
“We brought our baby’s body back in our carry-on luggage, surrounded by frozen vegetables,” one woman told us.
Women can have abortions in Ireland for any reason up to 12 weeks gestation
Many still travel abroad to access abortion services for a variety of reasons
Some struggled to book appointments and bring their baby's remains home
9 Apr 2025
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RELATED
'The most vulnerable are still being exported': Why and how women have to travel for abortions
8 Apr 2025
Over 5,000 women in Europe have to travel abroad for abortions each year
7 Apr 2025
InvestigatesExporting Abortion
'The most vulnerable are still being exported': Why and how women have to travel for abortions
Hundreds of women travel from Ireland to the UK every year for terminations.
8 Apr 2025
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InvestigatesExporting Abortion
Over 5,000 women in Europe have to travel abroad for abortions each year
Legal, bureaucratic and social obstacles are still faced by women, even if they live in countries where abortion is legalised.
At least 5,860 European women crossed borders for abortions in 2023
Routes of travel are shaped by the countries’ abortion laws and geographic proximity
The Netherlands — where termination is allowed up to 24 weeks — was the most frequent destination
Órla Ryan & Maria Delaney
7 Apr 2025
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Women's Health
Your Stories: Have you had to travel abroad to access abortion services?
12 Jan 2025
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'Unfair' to claim new government won't implement changes to abortion law, Harris and Martin say
9 Jan 2025
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All time
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Far-right parties form National Alliance in bid to win general election seats
27 Nov 2024
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GE2024Peadar Tóibín
Aontú leader says party seeking a 'change to the law on abortion'
16 Nov 2024
29.3k
warning
If RFK Jr leads Trump's health team, trust in vaccines could be 'undermined' globally
9 Nov 2024
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reproductive rights
Florida fails to overturn ban on abortions after six weeks
Updated 6 Nov 2024
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The Morning Lead
An Irish American family on life and politics in one of the key swing states in the US election
“People here hold their political views so dear to them, they have stickers on their car. Have you ever seen a Fianna Fáil sticker on the back of someone’s car?”
"It's fascinating to see how people can be so divided," Delia O'Malley said of Georgia
She loves her job, but one of the most difficult aspects of it is the fact she has to take part in monthly active shooter drills
Órla Ryan
21 Oct 2024
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safe access zones
Safe access zones around abortion providers come into effect from today
17 Oct 2024
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FactCheck
Debunked: Kamala Harris didn't make an ad about a woman regretting not having an abortion
4 Oct 2024
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US Election
Kamala Harris calls Trump a 'hypocrite' on abortion as early voting starts in US
21 Sep 2024
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hurtful
Roscommon newspaper to 'review' content of bizarrely-worded anti-abortion ad after criticism
5 Aug 2024
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repealed the eighth
Opinion: On the Repeal anniversary, remember the right to abortion is being eroded globally
Orla O'Connor
25 May 2024
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Florida
Six-week abortion ban in Florida, described as a 'nightmare' by Biden, takes effect
1 May 2024
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Interview
How women are treated during pregnancy and when they complain 'isn't good enough', says junior minister
Minister of State for European Affairs says ambitious women are often portrayed as a bad thing.
Minister of State Jennifer Carrroll MacNeill, who has previously spoken about her own experiences with miscarriage, said she found Dáil abortion debate this week 'difficult'
21 Apr 2024
14.5k
rté investigates
Almost 1,000 people in Ireland have contacted UK abortion charity since 2018 referendum
15 Apr 2024
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US Election
Arizona uses 1864 law to effectively ban abortion across the US state
10 Apr 2024
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Roe Vs Wade
French politicians vote overwhelmingly for bill enshrining abortion as a constitutional right
Updated 4 Mar 2024
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State Papers
'Reproductive fascism': Read the letters calling on Mary Robinson to intervene in X Case
Many people, from Ireland and abroad, contacted the president about the controversial case in 1992.
The X Case centred on a 14-year-old girl who became pregnant after being raped
The letters to Robinson highlight how divisise the issue was in Ireland and abroad
'It is with disbelief and disgust that we heard about the young girl who has been forbidden to leave Ireland'
Órla Ryan
28 Dec 2023
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Abortion Rights
Texas court blocks woman from emergency abortion despite earlier approval
9 Dec 2023
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Dallas-Fort Worth
Texas judge allows woman with risky pregnancy to have abortion
7 Dec 2023
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maternity hospitals
Five more maternity hospitals to provide abortion services from Monday
1 Dec 2023
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