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Leaked documents from OSF reveal it gave funds to three Irish organisations so they could “work collectively on a campaign to repeal Ireland’s constitutional amendment”. Photograph: Eric Luke
Breda O’Brien: Foreign funding buys undemocratic influence

The current questions concerning the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network’s (Glen) governance and financial practices would never have emerged into the pu(...)

A Department of Justice executive committed to a review of legislation criminalising the purchase of sex to assess its impact on the rights of sex workers. Photograph: Getty Images
Ireland questioned on human rights of sex workers by UN

A Government delegation to the United Nations has been criticised as “vague and unhelpful” in its responses to questions about abortion. Ireland was(...)

Guidelines should be issued to healthcare professionals emphasising they should not report a woman who has taken abortion medication to gardaí, human rights and women’s groups have said. File photograph: Paul Mezzer/FRF/Getty
Women who take abortion pills ‘should not be reported’

Guidelines should be issued to healthcare professionals emphasising they should not report a woman who has taken abortion medication to gardaí, human (...)

Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards apologized for what she called the lack of compassion shown in the video. Stock photograph: Getty Images
Claims group ‘selling’ organs from aborted foetuses investigated

Three separate investigations into Planned Parenthood have been started by officials in Texas following the release of a secretly recorded video which(...)

Emily Logan of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has called on the Government to heed the calls of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) and start to “phase out” austerity measures. Photograph: Dave Meehan.
Ireland urged to heed UN’s ‘strong message’ on austerity

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said a UN committee report published on Monday has sent the Government a “strong message”. C(...)

A total of 3,735 women with Irish addresses travelled to the UK for abortions last year, an increase on the 2013 of 3,679.
Increase in number of Irish travelling to UK for abortions

A total of 3,735 Irish residents travelled to to England or Wales last year for abortions, statistics published by the UK Department of Health show. (...)

The IFPA office at Cathal Brugha Street , Dublin. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Increase in number of older women seeking crisis pregnancy counselling

The number of women aged over 44 who sought counselling for unplanned pregnancies from one family planning charity last year more than doubled, its la(...)

Dr Andrew Rynne: recalls that his “local parish priest called to my house. He seemed anxious to set me straight on the immorality of my behaviour. ‘Mutilation’, he muttered. I politely showed him the door.”
A snip in time: celebrating World Vasectomy Day

It may have been a long time coming, but World Vasectomy Day celebrates its first birthday today. In 2013, co-founders Jonathan Stack and Dr Doug Stei(...)

The terms of reference for the report into the treatment of the woman who sought an abortion are to be published today.
Psychiatrist says abortion law can be improved by amendment

Consultant psychiatrist and former TD Dr Moosajee Bhamjee has warned that another controversial abortion case could happen at any time and has called (...)

Alison Begas, chief executive officer at the Dublin Well Woman Centre: says there is a “lot of uncertainty” as to how the Department of Health expects crisis pregnancy counsellors to refer suicidal women
Agencies say protocols must be issued to counsellors

Clear protocols must be issued urgently to crisis pregnancy counsellors on how they should deal with suicidal pregnant women under new legislation (...)

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