“Report omits key abortion facts the public has a right to know” – Mulroy
The Pro Life Campaign has described the HSE’s report on the provision of abortion in Ireland (2019-2025), published today, as a “selective and sanitised report.”
Commenting on today’s release, Eilís Mulroy of the Pro Life Campaign said:
“While the report documents the massive increase in abortions since the law changed in 2019, it fails to give the public a full and accurate picture of Ireland’s abortion regime. For example, the HSE has figures on the number of babies who survived abortion procedures since the law changed. Why are these figures not included, along with information on whether those babies received medical assistance or were left to die?
“Figures released in response to parliamentary questions some months back revealed that 108 babies survived abortions over a four-year period. Those figures should have been included in the HSE report. Instead, it is a selective and sanitised report that leaves out so much information the public has a right to know.
“The report’s claim that abortion is now ‘largely acknowledged as a routine and normal part of healthcare provision’ is a political statement and a revealing one. Any procedure that ends the life of another human being is the furthest thing imaginable from healthcare, regardless of the language used to justify it. Calling abortion ‘healthcare’ is deeply misleading and does a grave disservice to women and their unborn babies, and the many doctors and midwives who do their best to protect both lives.
“More than anything else, this report exposes how one-sided and skewed government policy has become in favour of radical abortion supporters. That must change, not only in the interests of women and their unborn babies, but also in the interests of an informed public. Instead of providing a complete picture, the report reinforces a narrative that a certain cohort of people want to promote. That’s no way to operate, particularly given the profound importance of the issue.
“The abortion figures for 2025 are also absent from today’s report, despite being due for publication two days ago. The Government should release those figures without any further delay.”