Well that didn’t take long! After her defeat in the Dáil on abortion just before Christmas, Ruth Coppinger is back again – this time demanding the removal of the three-day waiting period before an abortion.
She calls it “patronising” and “dangerous,” but many women beg to differ, saying it gave them the time and space they desperately needed before making a life-changing decision.
The waiting period exists because abortion is serious and irreversible – not because women can’t think for themselves, but because it gives them time to think, ask questions, and avoid being rushed into a decision they’re very likely to regret.
Only last week, we reported on the latest HSE reply to a Parliamentary Question showing that in 2022 and 2023, 3,933 women who went for a first abortion appointment didn’t return for a second consultation with the abortion providing doctor, after the three-day wait had elapsed. This information when added to previously released data shows that between 2019 and 2024, 10,426 women did not return after the three-day waiting period – proving the life- saving value of the three-day reflection period and why it should be retained.
Prior to Christmas, TDs rightly stopped an abortion bill from Paul Murphy and Ruth Coppinger from progressing in the Dáil. The bill allowed for abortion on request right up to birth.
While it’s horrifying how much time some TDs devote to pushing abortion, it also reminds the public and other parliamentarians just how extreme and obsessed some members of the Oireachtas are – and why it’s vital that they be strongly opposed at every step.
In 2026, we mustn’t allow anything to distract us from our mission. We need to stay focussed on reducing the number of abortions – through support, compassion, and the promotion of positive alternatives – rather than making the abortion process faster and easier.
Ruth Coppinger, whoever she is, is obviously deranged. So sad to have a woman with these barbaric views & allowed to voice them in parliament!! MUST BE STOPPED. WE’LL pull out all might. B
Vote pro abortion TDs OUT. We have 50,000+ post 8th Repeal abortion unborn baby slaughter NOW. Half KILLED are FEMALE ♀️.
If you vote for pro abortion TDs, you get MORE aborted dead Irish babies.
Join the pro abortion pushers dots. Vote for prolife TDs Dump pro aborts if you value unborn babies lives.
It is heart warming to read the fact that so many of our most defences humans beings were saved by the Three day period of reflection Thanks for the update
If you vote for pro abortion baby killing TDs into influential Dail or other powerful positions, you end up with ever more, dead, Irish healthy unborn babies mass slaughter. As we have in Ireland NOW.
Pro abortion politicians will NEVER save unborn babies threatened by anti 8th Repealers current abortion slaughter.
Post 8th Repeal, we NOW have 50,000+ dead healthy Irish unborn babies. Half are FEMALE ♀️.
Join the dots. DUMP ALL pro abortion TDs, media, celebs OUT. Protect unborn babies against those who would kill them.
Anti 8th Repeal has been an Irish national mass healthy baby slaughter disaster. Those who pushed it should be dumped OUT.
Thank you…it does indeed show just how much some TDs, male or female, are obsessed with furthering abortion to the very end….if there is even an end!
Now is the time, as you rightly say to be vigilant and to be ready to push back against the inevitable onslaught from the Pro Abortion lobby, NGO’S and TD’s. We must advocate for the retention of the 3 day waiting period. It is too late if we are just reacting and not leading. Mary
What sort of evil people are they to push a woman into abortion without even time to think but strangely enough when a woman goes down the path of abortion the very same people don’t provide after care for the woman they are left to get on with it alone
Thanks for sharing
I agree with the above statement from PLC.
So, what should I do, or rather what can or may I do to adress Ruth Coppinger’s remarks?
Kick pro abortion PbP, Coppinger, Murphy and their pro abortion ilk out.
Any TD, or anyone else, either protects or threatens unborn life in their mum’s womb. Supporting abortion means MORE dead aborted babies.
Those of you in the P. L. C., who work so diligently to preserve human life in the face of ruthless oppression, will be rewarded handsomely in the Next Life.
Go raibh míle maith agaibh
I strongly oppose abortion because I know it’s murder and pure evil.
If you do not want your child why not bring it to full life and then give your baby to a woman who would love a baby instead of killing your baby.
I value the update on abortion law as it helps me make a decision on how to vote or not for certain TDs.
I was reading/listening to Dáil debate on animal welfare one evening and wonder is the preservation of animal life more important to some people now than preservation of human beings from conception to natural death??!!!
I think it is scandalous to remove the three day time for thinking. This is a permanent decision. We are talking about killing a baby, who has NO SAY in the matter. You can dress up the language by using the word “abortion” but in fact the truth is, this in fact is killing a baby. Perhaps proper education is required both at home and at school regarding sex education. If people realised that sex is not for one’s use and pleasure, they may think again and we would not have so many seeking to kill their babies. Also because it is Legal, does not mean it RIGHT. As a younger person, I believed if something was legal it was OK……. however with the benefit of enlighten, I realise the difference between being legal, and not. Being means you will not get prosecuted. Surely the carrring of a beautiful baby ….. yes I did use the word BABY (not a foetus) after all the end result after nine months is not an Elephant, no it is a baby. Yes life begins at conception and at the end of nine months a beautiful baby is born. That human life remains until death. We can dress up the law as we choose, however it is our truth which keeps us free. Many thanks
Thank God.
Please send me the details as to who asked the Parliamentary question and the date it was answered and where it can be reference as I want to pass on that info to my local TD with whom I had a discussion about this Thanks
5th commandment – Thou shall not kill. Every successful abortion results in a dead child. this is murder. Simple as.