6,666 babies had their lives ended by abortion in the first year of the abortion legislation introduced for 2019 by Simon Harris, new figures released today show. Pro-life advocates said the numbers were “horrific” and showed a huge increase in the number of abortions taking place on Irish women. In the twelve months to December […]
There are times when I have to pinch myself, when I read the concerns of journalists as expressed in our mainstream media, about the interaction between religion and politics in Ireland – and contrast it with the actual relationship between religion and politics in this country, as evidenced by social surveys. A recent survey, carried […]
If you happen to be a disinterested observer of Ireland’s decades-long abortion debate, you could be forgiven for thinking that things unfolded something like this. First, Catholic Ireland implemented the oppressive 8th Amendment, designed to inflict moral dogmas on a helpless population. Then, despite many horrifying happenings in between, the last vanguard of the patriarchy […]
Fianna Fáil sat around a Cabinet Table as the economy, with the Banks holding the rudder, was swept over the cliff and into the maelstrom of the economic crisis that scarred a generation. They watched from the sidelines as the Irish Constitution was ripped into pieces and the Dail legislated for non-medical abortion. Then, notwithstanding […]
So the Greens now have their hands on the reins of government, surely bringing some badly-needed compassion to considerations regarding all helpless creatures in peril such as red squirrels and maybe even unborn babies? Not so. The Programme for Government agreed by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Greens includes 17 references to animal welfare […]
Talks between political parties to form a new government have been lingering on for weeks now and Aontú played its part in those talks on May 7th. In a letter obtained by Gript and information from a source inside Aontú who was involved in preparing for the talks between representatives of Fine Gael, Fianna Fail […]
The Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont has voted against the imposition of abortion regulations by Westminster that allow for babies with disabilities to be aborted until birth. The vote was warmly welcomed by disability campaigners and pro-life groups. The Assembly debate saw Sinn Féin tying itself up in knots attempting a pretence of opposing abortion […]
A bid by the Democratic Unionist Party in the north to outlaw abortions on the grounds of disability has gained support and put pressure on Sinn Féin to support a change in the law to protect some people with disabilities. Abortion legislation, imposed on the region by the British Parliament in Westminster has remained enormously controversial ever since […]
A new documentary’s portrayal of Jane Roe from the famous abortion case rings hollow to her longtime friends. Pro-life activist Norma McCorvey, who was “Jane Roe” in the 1973 Supreme Court case of Roe vs. Wade that struck down many state laws that restricted abortion, has led an eventful and fascinating life on both sides […]
On the face of it, the idea that an abortion might be “reversible” is a hard thing for people to get their heads around, and that’s probably because it’s not really a very accurate phrase. It is, of course, impossible to reverse an abortion once one has happened. You cannot recreate a life that has […]
Two years ago, like 723,000 other people, I voted No to removing the 8th amendment from our constitution. I believed that preborn babies have a right to life, that women deserve better than abortion, and that the result of the referendum was the most shameful day in Ireland’s history. I still do. And the last two years […]
The reality of surgical abortions are gruesome and barbaric, that is without even entering the ethical debate: that it is wrong to take defenceless human life.