A pro-life campaigner who said doctors have “pressured” her and other women into having abortions has previously worked with a “rogue” crisis pregnancy agency that links abortion to mental health issues and regret.

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”.

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”.