6,666 abortions carried out last year under laws enacted after repeal of Eighth Amendment
These are the first official figures published since Ireland’s liberalised abortion laws came into effect from 1 January 2019.
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These are the first official figures published since Ireland’s liberalised abortion laws came into effect from 1 January 2019.
The obstetrician has written about his career in a new memoir.
Natasha Perie was declared dead on 3 December but was kept on life support for four weeks.
The study was carried out by UCC in the weeks leading up to the referendum.
Grainne Griffin, Ailbhe Smyth and Orla O’Connor were named in the ‘Icons’ section of the list.
Women in Northern Ireland can access abortion services here, but it will cost them €450, the Dáil was told yesterday.
The Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment recommended free contraception for all women.
Many of those protesting referring to her support for the Repeal campaign.
Earlier Ruth Coppinger told the Dáil that two doctors confirmed it was a fatal foetal abnormality, but the board refused the abortion.
Ireland voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment in May of this year.
This year the country voted by 66.4% to 33.6% to repeal the Eighth Amendment.
Varadkar said he regrets he was so misinformed and the government didn’t make ‘better decisions’.
Hospitals will provide the services in 2019.
Services are expected to begin from 1 January.
The legislation will now be signed into law by President Michael D Higgins.
A new report said some leaders are using “bully tactics” to “demonise and persecute” vulnerable people.
Referendum fatigue since May 25th has made it hard to keep up.
This means that it is on track for new legislation regulating termination of pregnancy to be introduced in Ireland in the new year.
A lot has changed over the last 35 years.
The Referendum Commission says new regulations should be drawn up by government.
The Health Minister also said he wants the Bill to be inclusive of members of the trans community.
Simon Harris told the Dáil that in legislating for abortion services in Ireland, they are ‘making history’.
She paid tribute to her in a letter published in Porter magazine.
This was the seventh annual March for Choice and the first since the Eighth Amendment was removed from the Constitution.
Clare Daly of Independents 4 Change tells us why the March for Choice is just as important after the repealing of the Eighth Amendment.
Dr Peter Boylan told an Oireachtas Committee that there is ‘no evidence’ for the wait time.
It will now allow the government to legislate for abortion, which is expected to be enacted by 2019 at the latest.
The professor who warned the party that its stance in the referendum could put it on the wrong side of history addressed think-in this week.
The donation was for Amnesty’s ‘My Body, My Rights’ campaign which sought a referendum on the Eighth Amendment.
The Standards in Public Office said it is concerned about political interference from organisations outside of Ireland.
Northern Ireland has been without a government for over a year and a half – so Westminster and Dublin are being asked to introduce new abortion laws.
That is not the end of the matter, however, as the issue has been taken to the Court of Appeal.
This is a drop from 25 legally-permitted abortions being carried out last year.
The High Court also heard that the Referendum Commission “omitted objective statements” on Eighth Amendment referendum.
He also confirmed that he won’t be resigning from the party.
Sinn Féin Whip Aengus Ó Snodaigh told Nolan that she had been suspended for a period of three months on 21 March.
Party policy is now in favour of abortion on request.
The Pope is due to visit Ireland in August, just months after Ireland voted in favour of liberalising its abortion laws.
Sinn Féin members will vote on a motion that will allow members to vote in accordance with their conscience today.
Simon Harris says that a number of court challenges are delaying the process.