The Irish Times

What is the situation with abortion in Ireland?

Orders for pills to end pregancy rise as number going to UK for terminations drops

Fri Dec 15 2017 - 01:00

DCU to provide app to students and staff to boost campus safety

University says service, which tracks users’ location, does not compromise privacy

Mon Nov 20 2017 - 02:00

HSE: Tackling rogue pregnancy agencies is constant battle

Oireachtas committee hears how agencies use Google adverts to appear high up in results

Wed Nov 15 2017 - 21:16

What to expect when going to college

Former college newspaper editor considers what you should look out for

Tue Oct 17 2017 - 01:00

A third of Irish adults have used ‘withdrawal method’ as contraception

IFPA survey finds one in four women have experienced crisis pregnancy in past

Mon Jul 31 2017 - 17:33

Numbers travelling to Britain for abortion fall to 1980 level

Records show women with Republic address at clinics in England and Wales at nine a day

Tue Jun 13 2017 - 15:40

Dáil under pressure to act on abortion after assembly vote

TDs unlikely to liberalise laws to extent proposed by Citizens’ Assembly, say sources

Mon Apr 24 2017 - 08:06

Citizens’ Assembly backs abortion rights in wide range of circumstances

Two-thirds (64%) of participants support no restrictions on abortion under term limits

Sun Apr 23 2017 - 18:19

Breda O’Brien: Foreign funding buys undemocratic influence

The recent revelations regarding Glen’s financial governance mask a bigger problem

Sat Apr 22 2017 - 05:00

Ireland questioned on human rights of sex workers by UN

Institutional abuse and traveller ethnicity among issues raised by UN committee

Wed Feb 15 2017 - 20:11

Women who take abortion pills ‘should not be reported’

Rights groups call for guidelines for healthcare professionals on medication

Wed Apr 06 2016 - 01:00

Claims group ‘selling’ organs from aborted foetuses investigated

McGrath calls on IFPA to distance itself from Planned Parenthood group after video

Fri Jul 17 2015 - 10:13

Ireland urged to heed UN’s ‘strong message’ on austerity

Emily Logan says response to crisis disproportionately focused on spending cuts

Mon Jun 22 2015 - 21:22

Increase in number of Irish travelling to UK for abortions

Figures show 3,735 women with Irish addresses travelled to UK for abortions in 2014

Tue Jun 09 2015 - 10:58

Increase in number of older women seeking crisis pregnancy counselling

Irish Family Planning Association sees 50 women aged over 44 in 12-month period

Tue Dec 16 2014 - 18:52

A snip in time: celebrating World Vasectomy Day

Male contraception proving to be a cut above the rest

Fri Nov 07 2014 - 01:01

Psychiatrist says abortion law can be improved by amendment

HSE to publish terms of reference for review into care of woman who sought termination

Wed Aug 20 2014 - 11:59

Agencies say protocols must be issued to counsellors

Warning that women in crisis may not get appropriate services in time

Wed Aug 20 2014 - 01:02

HSE told of abortion case concerns in May

IFPA and Department of Justice say they will co-operate fully with inquiry

Wed Aug 20 2014 - 01:00

They said they could not do an abortion. I said, ‘You can leave me now to die. I don’t want to live in this world anymore’

The woman refused an abortion says she was raped but did not know she was pregnant until she arrived in Ireland

Tue Aug 19 2014 - 06:19