"100,000 people are alive thanks to the insertion of the 8th amendment into the constitution," said Cora Sherlock, spokesperson for the Pro Life Campaign.

A recent finding by the Advertising Standards Authority in Northern Ireland has upheld the claim that the pro-life laws there have saved 100,000 lives since 1967.

A 'Repeal the Eighth' rally will take place in Dublin this afternoon.

The Pro Life Campaign has hit out at what they claim is the "grossly irresponsible" use by pro choice advocates of selected details of today’s news that a young woman had been denied an abortion under the 2013 Abortion Act.

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

Hundreds of people have turned out for a Pro-Life event in Dublin today to save the Eighth Amendment.

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

Singers Sinéad O’Connor and Christy Moore, writers Colm Tóibín and Edna O’Brien, actor Cillian Murphy, and artist Pauline Bewick are among leading figures in Irish music, literature, and the arts advocating for the abolition of the eighth amendment to the Constitution, which they say has “prevented our doctors and our legislators from providing proper care to women”.

It has been revealed that 26 terminations of pregnancy were carried out in Ireland last year.

A drone being used to carry abortion pills into Poland this weekend may also be used for the same purpose in Ireland, it has emerged.

Rhona Mahony, master of the NMH, said doctors can only carry out an abortion if there is a substantial risk to the life of the mother.

Tom Curran, the widowed partner of Marie Fleming who lost a landmark case on the right-to-die, has accused the DPP of ignoring the Supreme Court’s wish that guidelines be introduced to set out when people who help their loved ones to die would face prosecution.

Pro-life advocates have described as "crass and unseemly" attempts to repeal the constitutional ban on abortion in light of the heartache generated by the case of a pregnant woman on life support.

Campaigners for both sides of the abortion issue revealed their views on the tragic case.

A guidance document to help medical experts act within the law when dealing with pregnant women with life-threatening conditions has been published by the Department of Health.

The Education Minister has today rejected claims that the new legislation on abortion is flawed.

Minister of State for Justice and Equality Aodhán Ríordán is to bring a damning United Nations’ report on Ireland’s human rights record to the "heart of the Oireachtas".

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.

The Pro Life Campaign group says it is too early to say whether a criminal investigation should be carried out in relation to the Tuam babies scandal.

The Department of Health yesterday confirmed that the controversial Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act will come into effect on New Year’s day.

Former Minister of State for Primary Care Róisín Shortall has described the lack of gestational time limits in the proposed abortion bill, in cases where the woman is suicidal, as "abhorrent".

An opinion poll commissioned by the Pro Life Campaign has found overwhelming support for allowing TDs a free vote on the abortion legislation.

Difficulty in interpreting the law on abortion was a factor in relation to the care of the late Savita Halappanavar at Galway University Hospital, the HSE draft report into her death says.

There was surprise and delight in Ireland when the Archbishop of Buenos Aires was announced as the new leader of the world’s 1.2bn Catholics.

More than six out of 10 people support current medical practice to treat an expectant mother and her unborn baby as equals, a survey has found.

The Irish pro-life movement has gone global with a professional and sophisticated campaign, but will those involved adopt the heavy-handed tactics of their counterparts in the US, asks John Hearne

Pro-life groups will oppose “wrong and unnecessary” legislation allowing abortion when there is a risk of suicide — and will target politicians who support the law change.

THE expert group’s report has been published.

The Pro Life Campaign said today that the Taoiseach would be breaking a pre-election promise if he introduces legislation for abortion.

Voices from both the pro-choice and pro-life sides of the abortion debate questioned whether handing the issue over to the Medical Council was either a likely or an adequate solution.

The HSE national incident management team has confirmed it will interview Praveen Halappanavar as part of its review into his wife Savita's death.

Screening of embryos for genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis (CF) is being made available in fertility clinics in Cork and Dublin for the first time — with a Dublin clinic offering screening for Down’s syndrome.

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

The Pro Life Campaign says it is doubtful that a clinic offering medical abortions will open as planned in Belfast next week.

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

The Pro Life Campaign said today they were disappointed with an High Court ruling which found frozen embryos have no right to life.