Majority of rape victims keep babies

Most of the women and girls who attend Rape Crisis Centres after being made pregnant as a result of rape go on to keep their babies.

However, the Rape Crisis Network Ireland says it can not know for certain whether they parented by choice or because the option of abortion was not available to them in this country.

The RCNI yesterday joined with the National Women’s Council and the Irish Family Planning Association in urging the Government to legislate for abortion after what they said was 20 years of inaction.