# pro-life - Yesterday’s News
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-life - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
The hearings will be broadcast live from this Friday on television and the internet.
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# pro-life - Sunday 12 May, 2013
The Irish College of General Practitioners narrowly passed the motion at its annual meeting today.
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# pro-life - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
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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# pro-life - 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-life - 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-life - 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-life - Monday 29 April, 2013
The Sinn Féin president has called on the government to publish proposed legislation dealing with the X Case.
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Brian Walsh says the Oireachtas hearings found abortion cannot treat suicidal ideation – and won’t allow it be included.
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# pro-life - Saturday 27 April, 2013
The Constitution is clear and unambiguous when it comes to the implications of abortion legislation – and pro-life parliamentarians should not try to distort it, write law lecturers Fiona de Londras and Laura Graham.
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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-life - 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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The party is to debate motions which include reforming the way a party leader is elected and the circumstances under which it would go into coalition government.
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# pro-life - 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-life - Monday 4 March, 2013
The organisers said they were very pleased with the turnout for the event, which involved a number of unions and organisations.
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# pro-life - 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-life - 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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It contradicts a poll earlier this month which shows that 85 per cent of people in Ireland favour abortion in certain circumstances.
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# pro-life - Thursday 14 February, 2013
ComReg and the Data Protection Commissioner say because the calls came from abroad, they can take no action against them.
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# pro-life - 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-life - 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-life - 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-life - Saturday 19 January, 2013
Gardaà say that around 25,000 people attended a pro-life demonstration in Dublin’s city centre today.
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The two marches will be held at Merrion Square at 4.30pm in Dublin city centre.
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# pro-life - 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-life - 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-life - 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-life - 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-life - 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-life - Monday 17 December, 2012
Pro-life group the Life Institute said that James Connolly “must be turning in his grave”.
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# pro-life - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
The posters which specifically target the Minister for Justice were erected overnight in Alan Shatter’s constituency of Dublin South.
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# pro-life - 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-life - Friday 30 November, 2012
Peadar TóibÃn has defied the party whip on abortion this week and has criticised the Supreme Court ruling on the X case concerning abortion in Ireland.
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