Using made-up statistics hides reality women face on abortion

Recent claims that the Eighth Amendment has resulted in 100,000 babies being born need

If that seems more like a boast from Ceausescu’s grim Romania in the 1980s than something to celebrate, maybe that is because the Eighth Amendment dates from that era.

In fact, our constitutional ban only prevents those who are too ill or those who cannot afford to travel from accessing abortion services outside Ireland. Those with money have always exercised their right