# abortion - Yesterday’s News
They gathered in Dublin City centre to hear from speakers including TD Clare Daly.
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Heckling, James Reilly leaving early, and questions about term limits on abortion – the first day of the Oireachtas hearings on abortion legislation had a lot of drama. Here’s what happened.
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# abortion - Friday 17 May, 2013
TheJournal.ie team brought you live updates from today’s proceedings, which included testimonies from medical experts.
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Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
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Between 20–25 protesters gathered outside the Justice Minister’s home this morning to protest against abortion.
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Read the full text of a letter to a TD from a mother whose daughter had to travel to Liverpool for a termination.
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What’s it all about? TheJournal.ie takes you through the Health Committee proceedings.
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# abortion - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Unlike the committee’s previous hearings, there will be few representatives from advocacy or religious groups giving evidence.
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# abortion - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
The hearings will be broadcast live from this Friday on television and the internet.
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# abortion - Monday 13 May, 2013
Kermit Gosnell could face the death penalty after he was found guilty of three counts of murder in the deaths of babies born alive at his clinic.
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# abortion - Sunday 12 May, 2013
The Irish College of General Practitioners narrowly passed the motion at its annual meeting today.
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# abortion - Saturday 11 May, 2013
# abortion - Friday 10 May, 2013
Cardinal Sean O’Malley said Enda Kenny is “aggressively promoting abortion legislation”.
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# abortion - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Enda Kenny responds to calls for a Constitutional referendum on abortion during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil today.
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5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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A New Zealand based psychologist, whose work has been quoted extensively by pro-life groups, has raised issues with the definitive conclusions those groups have drawn from his work.
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# abortion - Monday 6 May, 2013
Fine Gael’s chairman says backbenchers will have the chance to amend the bill – but only, a Labour TD says, to improve medical practice.
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# abortion - Sunday 5 May, 2013
The Catholic Church teaching on abortion still holds – but the bishops are opposing the proposed legislation the wrong way, writes Fr Tony Flannery.
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The Catholic church has strongly criticised the plans and threatened the ex-communication of TDs who voted in favour of the bill.
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Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your Sunday morning.
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Responding to queries from TheJournal.ie this week, seven independent TDs confirmed their support for the bill with five still undecided.
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# abortion - Saturday 4 May, 2013
# abortion - Friday 3 May, 2013
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Photocall Ireland has dug out this photo from the archives showing how abortion has remained divisive over the decades.
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Ireland’s Catholic bishops say the proposed abortion bill marks a “dramatic and morally unacceptable change” in Irish law.
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Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your Friday morning.
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# abortion - Thursday 2 May, 2013
Sarah Moylan shares her story of the devastating loss of a much-wanted baby girl.
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Labour TD Anne Ferris says a Sunday Independent article ‘revealing’ her beliefs about abortion is irrelevant because she has gone on public record expressing her pro-choice beliefs.
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A Sunday newspaper published transcripts from taped conversations between Anne Ferris and another Labour TD regarding their views on abortion legislation – but Ferris says the supposed ‘sting’ adds nothing new to her public position on the matter.
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Following an afternoon meeting, the party said it would not make a decision on legislative proposals.
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The Oireachtas Health Committee will hold three days of public hearings on the Heads of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013.
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Fine Gael’s weekly parliamentary party meeting saw over five hours of intense discussion on the draft abortion bill.
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Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your Thursday morning.
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Laws to merge and rationalise Ireland’s VEC sector will be among those polished off in Leinster House today.
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Anti-abortion group SPUC says the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill could lead to widespread abortion.
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Irish women have been denied their constitutional right to adequate maternal healthcare but the new draft law changes that, argues Labour TD Ciara Conway.
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