“Feeling utterly shocked and vulnerable, I sought clarification, asking her what she meant by her statements.”
The ‘controversy’ of the National Maternity Hospital is causing people to lose their minds. The most visible manifestation is the minor demonstration in front of the Dail of a few hundred disgruntled activists wearing silly clothes and carrying silly signs. The prominence given to the small gathering by all major news outlets indicates that they […]
The Bishop of Elphin has spoken out on the ongoing debate regarding the proposed move for the new National Maternity Hospital to a site at St Vincents. The Sisters of Charity offered to donate the site for free on a 99 year lease but the proposal has become mired in controversy as abortion campaigners believe […]
The concession of full liability for the catastrophic misdiagnosis of an unborn baby at Holles Street has thrust the issue of pre-natal genetic testing and genetic testing in general into the public spotlight. It is not possible to say ‘back into the public spotlight’ because there has never been anything resembling a sustained and […]
Baby Christopher RIP
The Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD says a public inquiry is needed into the abortion of a healthy baby in the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) after a misdiagnosis – and he has queried why the State is covering the legal costs of the private clinic involved in the testing which led to the abortion. Deputy Tóibín […]
The High Court has fixed a date for an action being brought by the parents of an unborn child who was aborted after doctors mistakenly insisted the baby had a condition which they described as a “fatal abnormality”. The 15-week old baby was aborted in the National Maternity Hospital just months after abortion was legalised in Ireland […]
In March of 2019, a couple attending the National Maternity Hospital were told by doctors that their baby had a condition which meant he would not live after birth. The couple say they were then led towards having an abortion and told not to wait for the results of a second test to confirm the baby […]
The solicitors representing the family whose baby was aborted after a misdiagnosis of a life-limiting condition, has said the delay in investigating the tragic case is “compounding the interminable grief and sense of loss” being endured. CM Haughey Solicitors said today that an external review of the abortion, which took place in the National Maternity Hospital in […]
Dr. Mary Higgins, a consultant at the National Maternity Hospital, has been criticised after photos emerged of her standing at a protest of “Abortion Angels” outside the building where she condemned a group of pro-life protestors for congregating yesterday.