Minister for Health one of a number of Government members who abstained from Dáil vote
Abortion
Oireachtas committee may now ‘consider legislative changes’ rather than wait to examine independent report
Barrister Marie O’Shea, who conducted a review of the State’s abortion law, is questioned about her recommendations at Oireachtas committee
Barrister Marie O’Shea says recommendations for change are not the ‘start of a creep’ towards more progressive regime
Immediate priority must be to expand availability of termination in hospitals and tackling ‘uneven geographic spread’ of GPs providing services, Tánaiste says
Government seeks to stall progression on legislation People Before Profit TD is due to table in Dáil this week
Unthinkable: The culture wars are creating new ideological divisions and alliances. Is there a path to peace?
Move deals a fresh blow to one of the last bastions of abortion access in the south
Iona Institute CEO says case was not a Slapp lawsuit as was claimed in the Dáil under parliamentary privilege
Catholic masses told Government review of abortion law aims to make laws ‘more effective in taking of human life’
Split in Cabinet among Ministers around some of the recommendations made by Marie O’Shea in her review of the State’s abortion law
Legislation was introduced in 2010 but has created political division and eroded the judiciary’s credibility
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín urged attendees to ‘get organised’ to ‘fight them all the way’
A review published this week found abortion services in some counties ‘untenable’ and recommended sweeping changes, including ending the mandatory three-day waiting period
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