Wednesday’s vote in the House of Lords to decriminalise abortion and legalise it up to birth is a deeply regressive and disingenuous development. The vote passed by 185 votes to 148.

Folk singer Dolores Keane’s passing earlier this week came as very sad news. The internationally acclaimed singer, best known for her stunning rendition of the song Caledonia, died peacefully at her home in Co Galway.

The rate of adverse events from the abortion pill has increased significantly in the US according to a new report from the highly reputable Ethics and Public Policy Centre.

Former Planned Parenthood director Annette Lancaster has spoken about the reasons behind her decision to leave the abortion industry.

Referring this week to the startling statistic that 133 boys are born for every 100 girls in China, Reggie Littlejohn, President of the human rights organisation Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, said: “Such a vast gender imbalance cannot be achieved naturally. It can only be achieved through the sex-selective abortion of baby girls – through gendercide.”

Last week, during their Spring General Meeting in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, the Irish Catholic Bishops issued a statement in defence of life and offered their prayerful support for expectant mothers and their unborn children.

Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns misled the Dáil on Wednesday when she suggested to the Taoiseach that 240 Irish women travel to England each year for abortions when their babies were detected to have a life-limiting condition, when in fact a small minority of these women travelled for that reason over a five year period.

The Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario recently released the euthanasia report for the fourth quarter of 2025. It reveals that in Ontario there were 5,303 reported deaths from euthanasia in 2025, up from 4,944 in 2024, representing a 7.2% increase.

A new peer-reviewed article published by the Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) examines three decades of progress in prenatal surgery for babies diagnosed with spina bifida, showing how these advances have improved treatment and dramatically improved quality of life outcomes.