This week it was reported that a bill is being proposed to amend road traffic legislation, so that if a pregnant mother is injured and it results in the death of her baby, the person responsible can be charged in court.

Dr Rory O’Hanlon who died earlier this week  is fondly remembered by the pro-life movement in Ireland as a man of conviction on the right to life issue, something  which was a defining thread throughout his political and medical careers. 

The Pro Life Campaign Regional Conference held earlier today in Galway brought together 150 pro-life supporters from across the West of Ireland.

It is indefensible the way the latest Journal.ie “fact-check” has allowed Holly Cairns’ recent misleading remarks on abortion to slide. “Fact-checking” as a media function loses credibility if it appears to let people off the hook rather than hold them to account. For Journal.ie to conclude that the Social Democrats leader’s recent Dáil contribution did not amount to misleading remarks is a considerable stretch.

Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia-based abortion doctor convicted in 2013 of killing three babies born alive in a case that made national headlines in the US, has died at the age of 85.

Last weekend, the inaugural conference of Health Professionals for Life took place in Tralee. Consultant Obstetrician Trevor Hayes, Maria Steen, Dr. Elizabeth Cullen and Catherina O’Sullivan were among the list of guest speakers at the event attended by doctors, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals.

The proposed changes would create a new paid leave entitlement for women following a miscarriage.

Only last week, the Human Reproduction Program (HRP) of WHO released another promotional video advocating abortion worldwide.

Four years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organisation decision, 19 states have moved their laws in a pro-life direction, with several enacting major changes.