25.04.2023 – Pro Life Campaign will strongly oppose any attempts to give effect to abortion review recommendations

In a statement, PLC spokesperson, Eilís Mulroy said: “The recommendations, if given effect, would represent a total departure from the basis on which people voted in the 2018 referendum. It would also inevitably lead to more abortions taking place every year.

“The recommendations, not surprisingly, are being presented as considered and reasonable by Minister Stephen Donnelly and others but the truth is they are very extreme proposals and the result of a deeply flawed and one sided process.

“The Government should focus on looking for ways to reduce Ireland’s soaring abortion rate rather than looking at scrapping the three-day reflection period before an abortion happens or considering fully decriminalising abortion effectively permitting it up to nine months.

“There were 8,500 abortions in Ireland in 2022 meaning one baby is being aborted for every seven babies being born. This massive loss of life since the new law has taken effect is a national tragedy. The Pro Life Campaign will do everything in its power to prevent a truly awful situation from becoming considerably worse. We are committed to mounting a strong campaign of opposition to any attempts to give effect to the extreme recommendations contained in the three year review report.”

The Pro Life Campaign is organising a March For Life in Dublin next Monday, 1st May in response to the recommendations in the report. The event will commence at St. Stephen’s Green South at 2pm.