95% of Irish women who know that their unborn child is Down syndrome have abortions
Abortion was only legalized in Ireland in 2018. One of the consequences is that the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, a leading maternity hospital, reports that...
US FDA makes abortion pill easier to access
The latest battle in America’s abortion war is a policy shift by the Food and Drug Administration which will allow retail pharmacies to sell mifepristone,...
‘I felt like a knife had been put into my heart’: Down syndrome woman
The UK Court of Appeal has dismissed a legal challenge brought by a woman with Down syndrome against a provision of the Abortion Act which...
Democrats have bet heavily on abortion in the midterms. Will their strategy work?
Today Americans vote in their midterm elections. The Democrats’ campaign strategy was to place big bets on abortion rights after Dobbs. They believed that they...
Are mothers really the majority of American women who have abortions?
“59% Of Women Seeking Abortions Are Mothers Facing High Poverty Risk” is a typical headline, especially after Dobbs. The idea that mothers, especially low-income mothers...
Dramatic decrease in abortions since Dobbs
According to a pro-abortion research centre, there has been a dramatic decrease in abortions as state bans shut down abortion clinics in the two months...
Savita’s memory continues to fuel abortion debate in Ireland
This week marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Savita Halappanavar in University Hospital Galway. That tragic event led to protests and eventually to...
Medical students need to hear both sides of the abortion debate, says pro-abortion bioethicist
Something odd seems to be going on in the abortion debate in universities. In many places there isn’t one, complains Ezio Di Nucci, of the...
NEJM warns of increased intimate-partner violence after Dobbs and Bruen
The number of reasons to reject the reversal of Roe v. Wade continues to grow. In an opinion piece in the NEJM, perhaps the world’s...
Civil disobedience against Dobbs?
On June 24 the US Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade and declared that there was no right to abortion in the American Constitution. Ever...
Medicos push back against post-Dobbs abortion restrictions
Supporters of legal abortion are fighting back in medical journals as well as at the ballot box and on social media. The consistent theme is...
After Dobbs, abortion needs ethicists, not Twitter heroes
After the US Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, abortion is the hottest issue in town. One bioethicist writing in the American Journal of...