In Ireland, since 2014, a pregnancy can be terminated under the Protection Of Life During Pregnancy Act if there is a risk to a woman's life, including from suicide.

Women who ordered abortion pills from an online service against a backdrop of strict anti-abortion laws reported successfully terminating their pregnancy with few adverse events, new research has found.

A group that provides abortions in Britain has launched an aftercare telephone service for women in Ireland who use abortion pills bought online.

Isabel’s treatment lacked even the most basic level of human decency and was shocking in its lack of compassion, writes Alison O’Connor

Isobel delivered her little boy at 6.30pm and by 7.10pm was out on the street of the Yorkshire clinic where she had given birth carrying her baby’s body in a cardboard box. From there she and her partner went back to their hotel.

Isobel was told at CUMH that her baby would either die in the womb or an hour after being born. She decided to go to England for a termination but was appalled by the service and her treatment there, writes Alison O’Connor

Newborn babies in Scotland are being tested for alcohol after researchers raised concerns that some pregnant mothers are drinking regularly.

A London clinic that provides abortion care training for medical students attracted 15 students from Irish universities over the past 18 months.

A significant number of women who suffer from a type of severe morning sickness experienced by the Duchess of Cambridge are expected to either put up with it or have an abortion, a report has claimed.

The UK’s highest court has overturned a ruling made in favour of two Catholic midwives who object to any involvement in abortion procedures.

The Court of Appeal in the UK has reserved its judgment on whether a pregnant woman committed "a crime of violence" against her child when she drank a "grossly excessive" amount of alcohol while pregnant.

The Court of Appeal is being asked to decide in a test case whether a pregnant woman committed “a crime of violence” against her child when she drank alcohol to excess while pregnant.

Drinking during pregnancy could become a criminal offence, women’s charities have said.

Drinking during pregnancy could become a criminal offence in the UK, women’s charities have said.

One in eight new mothers are waiting for at least half a year before they resume having sex with their partners after childbirth, a UK-based poll suggests.

Health officials in the UK have reminded abortion providers that terminating a foetus based on gender alone is against the law.

Suspected murder victim Sandra Collins would have paid a total of £295 sterling had she gone ahead with her plans to terminate her pregnancy in Britain, it emerged yesterday.

Britain’s largest abortion provider is gearing up for a battle to bring UK-style abortion clinics to Ireland.

Britain’s largest abortion provider is gearing up for a battle to bring UK-style abortion clinics to Ireland.

The boss of Britain’s largest abortion charity said women are legally free to terminate pregnancies if they are unhappy with the sex of their baby.

“IRISH abortion exists. It just doesn’t take place in Ireland.”

Copycat hackers around the world have targeted Britain’s biggest abortion provider since a computer expert was arrested for breaking into the charity’s website.

An investigation into claims that some doctors are granting women illegal abortions based on the sex of their unborn baby has been launched by Britain’s department of health.

Women embarking on the festive party season in Britain are being invited to stock up on free supplies of the morning-after pill.

A bid to relax the law on home abortions was rejected by the High Court in the UK today.

Ireland’s abortion laws are in the human rights spotlight today in a landmark legal ruling which could overturn the country’s sovereign right to protect unconditionally “the life of the unborn”.

The Irish Family Planning Association was accused of “scaremongering” today for supporting a legal challenge by three women opposing Ireland’s abortion laws.

Ireland’s abortion laws are being challenged in a landmark European court hearing today which could overturn the Republic’s sovereign right to protect unconditionally “the life of the unborn”.

AN international pro-choice movement has criticised the Government for failing to protect the reproductive rights of women on the eve of a legal challenge to the Irish ban on abortion.

Ireland’s abortion laws are being challenged in a landmark European court hearing which could overturn the Republic’s sovereign right to protect unconditionally “the life of the unborn”.

THE number of women having abortions in England is expected to show a rise, according to figures due to be published.

The British Pregnancy Advisory Service, which carries out a quarter of all abortions in the UK, is considering proposals that would allow women to bring home an abortion pill and take it without medical supervision.

ON the eve of the Government’s humiliating defeat in the abortion referendum, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern assured voters the Coalition was working to reduce the number of Irish women travelling abroad to have abortions.

UP to 12,000 women may be travelling to Britain for abortions every year - almost double the official figures.