# pro-choice - Monday 17 June, 2013
There is common ground to be found between pro-life and pro-choice people, writes Lisa McInerney, but plastic foetuses and death threats are eroding it.
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# pro-choice - Friday 14 June, 2013
Waterford deputy John Halligan has received a death threat in the wake of his criticism of the actions of some pro-life campaigners in the Dáil this week.
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# pro-choice - Thursday 13 June, 2013
The Minister for Health himself has spoken about some of the changes to the abortion legislation, which was published overnight.
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# pro-choice - Wednesday 12 June, 2013
Enda Kenny has revealed that he is being branded a murderer as the debate over legislation for abortion rages on.
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# pro-choice - Saturday 25 May, 2013
Colm Keaveney TD explains that if the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 is initiated in the Dáil reflecting the contents and detail of the Heads of Bill that were recently discussed before the Joint Committee on Health, he will be unable to support it.
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# pro-choice - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
Tracey Holsgrove explains the agony of contemplating how to proceed with her pregnancy after learning of her baby’s condition – and why she is a firm pro-choice advocate.
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# pro-choice - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
There is no evidence to show that abortion treats suicide ideation – this means that any legislation based on the grounds of suicidal ideation is irredeemably damaged, writes Cora Sherlock.
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Stitch up the X Case’s dangling loopholes and then hold a referendum to legalise abortion in Ireland – because no woman wants an abortion just for the hell of it, writes Carol Redmond.
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# pro-choice - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
The hearings will be broadcast live from this Friday on television and the internet.
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# pro-choice - Sunday 12 May, 2013
The Irish College of General Practitioners narrowly passed the motion at its annual meeting today.
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# pro-choice - 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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# pro-choice - Friday 3 May, 2013
Photocall Ireland has dug out this photo from the archives showing how abortion has remained divisive over the decades.
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# pro-choice - Thursday 2 May, 2013
Public hearings on the draft of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 are likely to take place later this month.
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# pro-choice - Monday 29 April, 2013
Brian Walsh says the Oireachtas hearings found abortion cannot treat suicidal ideation – and won’t allow it be included.
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# pro-choice - Saturday 27 April, 2013
A cross-party group of pro-life politicians says introducing laws will lead to a dramatic increase in the number of abortions.
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A cross-party group from both sides of the border says real-life examples illustrate the ‘floodgates’ effect.
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# pro-choice - Friday 26 April, 2013
The psychiatrists, who responded to a nationwide survey undertaken by four colleagues, say abortion is not a treatment for suicidal ideation.
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# pro-choice - Monday 15 April, 2013
A number of Fine Gael TDs put forward the idea of a ‘sunset clause’, where abortion legislation would be reviewed after a set number of years.
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# pro-choice - Saturday 13 April, 2013
Martin McGuinness said that the party is not pro-abortion, but that he does not agree with all anti-abortion protesters.
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# pro-choice - Friday 12 April, 2013
The group said her case highlights that a ‘real and substantial risk to the life’ of a woman can develop within a matter of hours.
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# pro-choice - Friday 1 March, 2013
The campaign group wants to put pressure on the government to legislate for abortion in Ireland under the terms of the controversial and divisive judgement in the Supreme Court X Case.
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# pro-choice - Friday 22 February, 2013
The most recent poll on abortion said two-thirds of Irish people want legal protection of the unborn, but another poll showed the majority in favour of legalised abortions in certain circumstances, so which is it, asks Eoin O’Malley.
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Faeces was used to stick photos and news clippings of Savita Halappanavar to the front of the Youth Defence office.
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# pro-choice - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
The Fianna Fáil leader told TheJournal.ie he doesn’t know how many doctors should assess suicidal risk and said he is not currently in favour of widening abortion legislation to include pregnancies as a result of rape.
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# pro-choice - Monday 11 February, 2013
The Ipsos MRBI poll in the Irish Times also finds that only 37 per cent of people believe abortion should be permitted where a woman deems it to be in her best interests.
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# pro-choice - Monday 21 January, 2013
Junior Minister Lucinda Creighton has said a bill including the ‘risk of suicide’ could open the floodgates. But do you think it should be included in legislation for the X Case?
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The junior minister is drafting her own bill which excludes the risk of suicide from legislation that will comply with the Supreme Court ruling in the X Case.
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# pro-choice - Saturday 19 January, 2013
The two marches will be held at Merrion Square at 4.30pm in Dublin city centre.
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# pro-choice - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
The protests are being held at the same time on Saturday, 19 January at 4.30pm in the Merrion Square area.
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# pro-choice - Saturday 12 January, 2013
Three days of hearings on abortion were held by the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children this week ahead of expected and long-awaited legislation for the X Case.
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# pro-choice - Thursday 10 January, 2013
The Government is desperate to avoid “abortion on demand”, writes Sarah McCarthy – but in reality, women should be trusted to make the choice.
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# pro-choice - Friday 21 December, 2012
The Oireachtas Health Committee will hold three days of public hearings in January with its chairman Jerry Buttimer urging that there be a “respectful and tolerant” debate.
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# pro-choice - Tuesday 18 December, 2012
The Taoiseach has confirmed that the government will address the issue of the threat of suicide in legislating for the X Case ruling as pro-life groups reacted angrily to today’s announcement.
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The legislation, which will be introduced in the New Year, will be supplemented by more detailed regulations.
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Ministers are expected to decide this morning on what course of action to take based on the Expert Group’s report.
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# pro-choice - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
The Council of Europe’s committee of ministers called on Ireland to expedite the implementation of the judgment in the A, B, C vs Ireland case.
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# pro-choice - Friday 23 November, 2012
The Data Protection Commissioner has continued to receive complaints about the automated phone calls but says it may be unable to take action.
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# pro-choice - Saturday 17 November, 2012
It is tragic that it took Savita Halappanavar’s death to galvanise action. The Government must be told that a failure to act now will damage them, writes Stephanie Lord.
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We’ve been asking every single member of the Oireachtas where they stand on the X Case and legislation but less than 20 per cent have responded. Here’s what the parties think…
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# pro-choice - Friday 16 November, 2012
31-year-old Savita Halappanavar died from septacaemia at University Hospital Galway last month, after her request for a medical termination was refused.
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