The debate on the Eighth Amendment has prompted a surge in the number of people accessing post-abortion counselling.

Almost 40% of Irish couples use no contraception while a third rely on the ‘withdrawal’ method, or have in the past.

Almost one in four Irish women have experienced an unplanned or crisis pregnancy, according to new research.

The offer of compensation to a woman who successfully complained to the United Nations about Ireland’s abortion laws, is a recognition by the State that she was subjected to “cruel, inhuman and degrading” treatment because she was forced to travel to seek an abortion, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has said.

Áilín Quinlan reports on two new DCU courses — on sexuality and sexual health, and on relationships and sexuality for people with intellectual disability

The number of medical card holders taking oral contraceptives has more than doubled since 2009, according to the HSE.

The number of Irish women travelling to Britain for an abortion has almost halved in the past 14 years.

Irish law criminalises women and girls for having abortions and could see them get 14 years in jail. Niall Behan says it it time to change it to put women’s health first

The Irish Family Planning Association has described as bizarre the exclusion of abortion reform from government formation talks despite a majority of TDs now being in favour of re-examining the law.

More than 1,000 abortion pills were seized by Irish health authorities last year — twice the number confiscated in each of the previous two years.

There has been a surge in online testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), with nearly 1,000 people turning to the internet for diagnosis last year.

1m women screened at least once since programme’s 2008 start

The number of women over the age of 44 seeking pregnancy counselling more than doubled in the past two years, a leading sexual health clinic has reported.

The Irish Family Planning Association says some women continue with a pregnancy against their wishes, because of the challenges in trying to travel out of the state for an abortion.

The Irish Family Planning Association says migrant women are facing "insurmountable" obstacles in trying to travel abroad for an abortion.

The British Family Planning Association has described the decision to force an immigrant rape victim in this country to give birth at 24 weeks rather than allow her an abortion as "nothing short of barbaric".

Warnings that the young immigrant woman at the centre of the abortion storm was suffering deteriorating mental health over many weeks were not acted upon until she became an immediate suicide risk.

SHE had waved goodbye to nappies and sleepless nights. She thought the menopause would be next. But she’s in her 40s and pregnant. It’s unplanned.

There has been a small decrease in the number of women who travelled from Ireland to Britain for an abortion over the past two years, official figures show.

Catholics for Choice believes people can make their own judgements about sex and reproduction, says Jonathan deBurca Butler

The number of irish women having post-abortion counselling has soared by more than 80%.

More people are getting tested for sexually transmitted infections at a time when screening services nationally are inadequate, according to the Irish Family Planning Association.

GIRLS Aloud singer Nadine Coyle has hit the headlines. The 28-year-old recently announced she was pregnant and had no idea how it had happened.

Lucinda Creighton last night accused her former colleagues in Fine Gael of breaking their pledge on abortion after she was expelled from the parliamentary party over her stance on what she described as a “life and death” issue.

European human rights authorities have been warned that the proposed abortion legislation will limit access to treatment and that requests for terminations should be decided within three days and not in a matter of weeks.

More women are resorting to buying medications online to end their pregnancies, it has emerged.

The Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has called on the Government to allow it “active input” in framing legislation to allow for abortion in Ireland.

Pro-life campaigners have threatened to shut down Ireland’s first abortion clinic which is due to open next week.

The Irish Family Planning Association says it is being forced to turn people away due to budget cutbacks.

The number of women travelling to England and Wales to have an abortion has fallen to its lowest level since 1991.

Ambiguous laws about contraception are putting young people at risk of unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, it was claimed.

YOUNG people are at risk of sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancies because of ambiguous contraception laws, the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) has warned.

THE Government’s failure to introduce legislation on abortion following a ruling from the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has been severely criticised by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and the Family Planning Association.

A SURVEY for a pro-life group has said two out of three Irish people believe the Constitution should protect human embryos and prevent abortions unless medically necessary.

THE availability of emergency contraceptive medicine without prescription in all pharmacies will be a huge relief for many women, a leading pharmacist said yesterday.

EMERGENCY contraception without prescription will be available for the first time in Ireland at Boots pharmacies from tomorrow.

STREET children whose struggle for survival in South America’s poorest country was highlighted by the Irish Examiner have been thrown a lifeline by Irish Aid.

I SUPPORT the call of pro-life groups for an honest debate on abortion in the wake of the European Court of Human Right’s (ECHR) ruling in favour of Woman C, who feared that her cancer would come back if she didn’t abort her baby.

IRELAND’S abortion legislation could be changed by a ruling due out next week from the European Court of Human Rights.

THE number of women giving Irish addresses at British abortion clinics has decreased for the eighth year in a row.

PRO-life campaigners yesterday said a new opinion poll showed strong public support for a continued ban on abortion.

The Government was today urged to relax abortion laws after a poll showed more than three-quarters of the population favour such a move.

WOMEN entitled to a legal abortion in Ireland cannot get one because of deliberately obscure anti-abortion policies, a leading human rights organisation has claimed.