There are still a number of rogue crisis pregnancy agencies in operation despite a HSE crackdown, it has been claimed.

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.

Those who advocate for the retention of the Eighth Amendment assert that it has deterred women from accessing abortion ‘Irish law keeps rate of abortion low’ (Irish Examiner, Letters, July 14).

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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.

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

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.

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.

Ireland has one of the lowest rates of contraceptive use in the EU while births to teenage mothers remain among the highest. 

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".

There was something surreal about being immersed in a TV discussion on the botched nature of our abortion law, while on another channel the nation indulged in it’s annual "lovely girl" fest, celebrating all that is wonderful, innocent and global-peace loving about young Irish women.

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.

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.

SHE was a darling daughter, her death notice said, and a happy, intelligent, interested girl, according to her school.

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.

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.

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

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

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

There is an urgent need for interim measures to allow women with life-threatening pregnancies to have timely access to lawful abortion in cases where there is risk to their lives, the National Women’s Council of Ireland has warned.

THE Government has been told it must take firm action to legislate for abortion.

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 COALITION rift over abortion was looming last night as the Government finalised its response to a landmark European Court of Human Rights ruling.

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

Twelve women travel to Britain every day for an abortion, latest figures revealed today.

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

THE majority of teenagers are sexually active at 16, according to research which indicates that young people find sex education programmes in school “too little, too late”.

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

THREE-in-five 18-35 year olds believe abortion should be legalised, according to a sex survey which found one-in-four women has experienced an unplanned pregnancy.

THREE in four young adults have had unprotected sex – but less than two in five have ever been tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

ON Thursday representatives of states from around the world will gather to sign an agreement aimed at strengthening the protection of economic, social and cultural rights for individuals.

ABORTION advertisements could be broadcast to Irish homes following a proposal to free up restrictions on British television channels.

AN Irish charity is setting its sights high by aiming to improve healthcare in the world’s most elevated capital.

MORE than half of Irish people did not use contraception when having sex for the first time with a new partner, a study shows.

More than half of Irish people did not use contraception when having sex with a new partner for the first time, it was revealed today.

THE Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) has suspended services to medical card holders at its main Dublin clinic, as it has used up all of its HSE funding.