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Ireland
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The Republic of Ireland’s Dáil has rejected a sweeping attempt to liberalise the country’s abortion laws, with TDs voting down the Social Democrats’ Reproductive Rights (Amendment) Bill by 85 votes to 30. The radical proposals would have abolished the mandatory three-day waiting period before an abortion, removed criminal sanctions for…
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Image Credits: mayonews.ie Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh has announced she is 16-weeks pregnant after undergoing IVF treatment as a single woman; while also revealing she faced significant online backlash during the process. Walsh, 38, conceived through IVF using donated sperm and is due to give birth in October. The…
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An Irish court heard how a man forced a woman to take abortion pills at a location in County Donegal on Valentine’s Day in 2020.
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Another attempt to water down the provisions promised to the Irish public during the 2018 abortion referendum is now underway.
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Ireland came within a single vote of a dramatic further expansion of abortion law this week that would have decriminalised abortion and removed key safeguards.
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McGee’s legal challenge in the 1970s led to the legalisation of contraceptives, a big hit in the country once defined by its Catholic moral code.
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The waiting period was presented during the referendum campaign as a key restriction designed to balance access to abortion with protections for unborn children.
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Catholic students revolt after pro-abortion former Irish president is invited to speak at graduation
Students at an all-women Catholic college in the United States have rebelled against a decision to invite a pro-abortion former president of Ireland to give the commencement address at this year’s graduation ceremony.