# abortion-bill - Wednesday 7 November, 2018
The committee has been considering changes to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 this week.
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# abortion-bill - Wednesday 1 January, 2014
It is just one of the measures kicking in today – others include changes to VAT, DIRT and tax credits for single parents.
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# abortion-bill - Thursday 21 November, 2013
Donohoe replaced Lucinda Creighton as Minister of State for EU Affairs.
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# abortion-bill - Friday 4 October, 2013
Peter Mathews’ decision to resign from Fine Gael had been brewing for a long time.
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# abortion-bill - Wednesday 18 September, 2013
Peadar Tóibín has been suspended from the party since he voted against the abortion bill in the summer.
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# abortion-bill - Sunday 15 September, 2013
Paul Kehoe has dismissed suggestions that Fine Gael faced losing up to 25 TDs over the abortion bill and has criticised the repetition by TDs during the debate on the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill.
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# abortion-bill - Monday 9 September, 2013
A spokesperson for the Catholic Church was responding to a report at the weekend that TDs were being warned off seeking Communion by their priests.
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# abortion-bill - Tuesday 30 July, 2013
Everybody’s talking about the sad death of Colm Murray, the tragic case of the Chada brothers, and Michael D signing the abortion bill into law.
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Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore described it as a “key milestone”, while the Pro Life Campaign said it was a “very sad day”.
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5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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# abortion-bill - Monday 29 July, 2013
Everybody’s talking about what the President’s decision will be on the abortion bill, two missing boys found dead and Pope Francis accepts gay people.
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The President has not yet made an announcement on whether he’ll sign the the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill into law or refer it to the Supreme Court.
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Eamon Gilmore will take the oath required of all members of the Council of State today despite being agnostic and lobbying from Atheist Ireland.
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# abortion-bill - Saturday 27 July, 2013
The Council of State is a little-used and largely unknown body but it takes centre stage as it discusses the abortion bill next week. TheJournal.ie explains what it’s all about…
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# abortion-bill - Thursday 25 July, 2013
The recent late-night sitting of the Dáil to discuss the abortion bill and the infamous lapgate incident has reignited debate about the appropriateness of bar opening hours in Leinster House.
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# abortion-bill - Wednesday 24 July, 2013
Áras an Uachtaráin has said that a meeting will be held next Monday where members of the Council and the President will consider the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013.
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# abortion-bill - Tuesday 23 July, 2013
The Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill has passed all stages of the Oireachtas and now goes to President Michael D Higgins.
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# abortion-bill - Wednesday 17 July, 2013
The amendment was defeated by 42 votes to 10. Here’s how the senators voted.
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# abortion-bill - Tuesday 16 July, 2013
Senators are due to make their first vote on the bill today. But which senators will be voting against it?
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# abortion-bill - Friday 12 July, 2013
While the passing of abortion legislation has been widely welcomed, the Pro-Choice lobby has raised concerns about the scope and implementation of the bill.
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The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill has passed the final stage of the Dáil this evening, after two day of heated debates.
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# abortion-bill - Thursday 11 July, 2013
The debate on the bill will continue for another two hours in the Dáil.
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# abortion-bill - Wednesday 10 July, 2013
The vote passed by 103 votes to 54 – but Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said it reduced the situation to a ‘farce’.
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# abortion-bill - Tuesday 9 July, 2013
The amendments will be discussed prior to the final vote on the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013.
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# abortion-bill - Sunday 7 July, 2013
If the junior minister votes against the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill she will lose the Fine Gael party whip.
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# abortion-bill - Saturday 6 July, 2013
Meanwhile, Deputy Denis Naughten is seeking regulations for where a pregnant woman is unable to give informed consent.
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# abortion-bill - Wednesday 3 July, 2013
However, seven deputies and one minister voted to keep the section within the bill.
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Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett said there is a danger people might bring to bear their personal views and bias in making a judgement.
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# abortion-bill - Tuesday 2 July, 2013
The Sinn Féin TD was the only member of his party to vote against the bill tonight in the Dáil.
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# abortion-bill - Monday 1 July, 2013
Kenny refuted allegations that the bill meant Fine Gael was ‘breaking a pre-election promise by legalising abortion’, saying this was not the case.
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The majority of the 984 respondents said they were ‘very unlikely’ or ‘unlikely’ to support abortion if it was clearly shown it is not a suitable treatment for a pregnant woman with suicidal feelings.
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The Tánaiste said that the abortion bill will not offer compassion to victims of rape or incest.
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# abortion-bill - Thursday 27 June, 2013
Mobile advertising company AdMobile says that the parking of an anti-abortion message opposite a rape support headquarters was an ‘innocent error’.
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# abortion-bill - Tuesday 25 June, 2013
Galway councillor Shaun Cunniffe said he believes the upcoming legislation will open the doors to “social abortion”.
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# abortion-bill - Thursday 20 June, 2013
The TD said today that the fact he did not support a motion by Deputy Peter Mathews had led some to believe he did not support a free vote.
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The Termination for Medical Reasons group submitted the amendment to Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett earlier this week.
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# abortion-bill - Sunday 21 April, 2013
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today…
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# abortion-bill - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
Today’s business at Leinster House will include a debate on employment rights for immigrants of questionable working status.
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# abortion-bill - Tuesday 27 November, 2012
Two Government departments, and two state bodies, are seeking extra funding in today’s business at Leinster House.
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# abortion-bill - Saturday 25 February, 2012
A group of independent TDs introduced a bill to legislate for abortion in Ireland this week but the government will likely reject it before introducing its own legislation.
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