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Opinion: Changes to abortion laws should be decided by referendum – with balanced information for voters

A poll this week found most Irish people favoured legalising abortion “where the foetus will not be born alive” – but that question is misleading, writes Niamh Ui Bhriain.

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Oct 16th 2014, 8:30 AM

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Column: I carried my baby to term, knowing when he was born I would have to bury him

I noticed the consultant becoming quieter and more serious. ‘Have you ever heard of anencephaly?’ he said.

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Apr 23rd 2014, 8:00 AM

# Abortion

Six children in state care taken abroad for abortions since 1992

Children’s minister Frances Fitzgerald says the mental health needs of each girl were considered before travel.

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Jun 28th 2013, 8:47 AM