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There are lessons for Ireland from the US election about the disconnect between establishment voices and the feelings of the electorate
Abortion
Thanks a bunch, America. Love, women everywhere
US election shows voters still demand that a woman candidate must be without fault
US abortion rights advocates win in seven states and clear way to undo Missouri ban
Abortion campaigners lose in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota
Abortion on the ballot paper in US election as Trump and Harris fiercely contest the issue
Two tragic cases in Georgia sparked debate about maternal mortality in the US, particularly among black women
Cillian Murphy: ‘You had the Kerry babies, the moving statues, no abortion, no divorce. It was like the dark ages’
The Oscar winner reunites with Eileen Walsh, his Disco Pigs co-star, for Small Things Like These. For young Irish abroad, was its Ireland worth returning to?
Pope criticises Harris and Trump, telling US Catholics to ‘choose the lesser evil’ in election vote
Pontiff (87) says not welcoming migrants is a ‘grave’ sin and both candidates are ‘against life’
Safe zones surrounding centres providing abortion services to come into operation next month
Protests within 100m of hospitals and other facilities offering pregnancy terminations will be prohibited from mid-October
The Revelation of Ireland: 1995-2020 by Diarmaid Ferriter - A hugely valuable exploration of a rollercoaster time
Book shows that even as Ireland has changed, its biggest problems remain ‘deep-rooted and historical’
‘I cried all the way home’: retired judge recalls ‘heartbreaking’ case of brain-dead pregnant woman
The retired Supreme Court judge looks back on an extraordinary career that included ruling on the difficult case of a pregnant woman on life support, as well as divorcing ‘half of Cork’
Kamala Harris suddenly presents Americans with a gender election
The fight to restore abortion will be placed at the centre of Harris’s campaign, while Trump has suddenly become the old man in the race
Neither Ireland’s Catholic Primate nor Pope Francis has ever denied Communion to anyone
Pontiff has been adamant bishops should avoid acting in a way ‘that is not pastoral’ and decline to ‘enter the political sphere’
Will Simon Coveney ever be asked about his role in passing the referendum that led to a rise in abortions?
In Ireland, you can tell people abortion figures won’t rise and still be unaccountable when they double
Minister refused communion at Cork funeral Mass over ‘his support for abortion’, says priest
Fr Gabriel Burke would not give communion to Colm Burke who says priest him told he had been ‘excommunicated’
Polish parliament rejects Bill seeking to ease strict abortion law
Draft law highlighted deep divisions in Donald Tusk’s ruling coalition
Anti-abortion rally in Dublin hears call for taskforce to address ‘soaring’ abortion numbers
The 10,033 abortions in the Republic last year were described as a ‘national scandal’ at Rally for Life
US supreme court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now
Advocates on both sides of abortion debate express disappointment with court’s one-line ruling
US supreme court appears set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, according to report
USA-COURT/ABORTION (UPDATE 4, PIX):UPDATE 4-US Supreme Court appears set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, Bloomberg reports
Poland clamps down on hospitals refusing to perform abortions
Clinic that denied termination to woman whose pregnancy may have endangered her life fined €127,000
Most Irish women who went to UK for abortion did so due to physical or mental health injury risk
Total of 201 travelled from Ireland for procedure in England and Wales in 2022, a slight decrease on the previous year
March for Life: Voters urged to consider where parties stand on abortion ahead of upcoming elections
Parliamentary answers suggest number of terminations being carried out in State ‘soaring’, campaigner Eilís Mulroy claims
Biden campaign produces abortion ads aimed at Latino men
Advertisement airing in both English and Spanish in battleground states features marine corps veteran attacking Trump for taking away women’s ‘freedom’
Arizona governor set to sign repeal of near-total abortion ban from 1864
Governor Katie Hobbs says repeal is just beginning of fight to protect reproductive healthcare in state
Abortion and mental health: Support from family, friends and health services is crucial
Research shows the best predictor of a woman’s mental health after an abortion is her mental health before it
Seanad passes Bill to prevent anti-abortion protests outside health facilities
Minister for Health says passage of legislation will allow women to access legal health services without fear of intimidation or harassment
Do Peadar Tóibín and Aontú have their finger on the public pulse?
The conservative one-TD party is riding high after being the only party to call for no-no votes in the family and care referendums so disastrously lost by the Government parties in March
Should the mandatory three-day wait for abortion be lifted? Dr Mary Favier and Eilís Mulroy debate
It’s now a year since barrister Marie O’Shea submitted a review to Government on the adequacy of the State’s abortion laws. One of the report’s recommendations was the removal of the mandatory three-day waiting period
Did no alarm bell tinkle from RTÉ's editorial structures about its programme on abortion services?
A recent programme about Ireland’s abortion services reminds us there are other systemic flaws at the broadcaster beyond financial mismanagement
Harris rejects claims he is sitting on his hands in relation to abortion services reform
People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith says women still being treated as criminals for accessing reproductive healthcare
Taoiseach says abortion legislation review requires ‘careful consideration’
Women’s doctors and human rights groups say women still being ‘forced to travel’ for abortions despite legislation
Germany should decriminalise abortion, says government commission
Group presents proposals to permit abortion until the 12th week of pregnancy
Pregnant women still ‘forced to travel’ abroad for abortions six years after abortion legalised
Coalition of women’s, doctors’ and human rights groups call for ‘urgent action’ to implement recommendations of recent report on abortion services
Polish MPs vote to move forward with legislation aimed at lifting near-total abortion ban
Four Bills sent for further study by committee, including two proposing legalising procedure until 12th week of pregnancy
Arizona reinstates abortion ban law from 1864
State supreme court upholds civil war-era law written before Arizona was a state and women could vote
Whose needs would a Progressive Democrats 2.0 serve?
In much of the commentary following the recent referendums, the phrase 'enough is enough' was often heard – the implication being that great numbers of people have made enough huge sacrifices by voting for compassion and understanding but that’s all over now
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