Meetings held by the Life Institute and Youth Defence to organise a nationwide campaign against the current push to legalise abortion are attracting capacity crowds, as pro-life activists unite to keep Ireland abortion-free.

The Life Institute has produced a beautiful 4 page factsheet explaining why babies with a fatal diagnosis have a right to life, and compiling some compelling evidence and testimonies on this sensitive issue.

Comment: A story in this week's Daily Mail told how a young mother was advised to abort her baby when she was being treated for lung cancer. She refused, she beat the cancer and she and baby are doing very well.

It's just weeks since a Bill to legalise abortion was placed before the Dáíl - and this year we're seeing the most strident push for abortion since the X case in 1992. That's why the Rally for Life is so important - and why 2012 needs to be the best Rally yet! The Rally takes place ...

Youth Defence today used a 6-foot silver 'cage' to highlight the house arrest of a human rights activist whose arrest and brutal imprisonment by the Chinese authorities has become a source of international controversy following his escape from custody. The protest took place at 12.30 at the ...

The success of Youth Defence's You Me Everybody 's campaign has truly gone global. The striking billboards at the heart of this campaign have now been used by pro-life groups across the world from Romania to Canada and right across to Australia.

Just last month, a young mother and her husband posted a beautiful video onto You Tube about their son, Christian, who lives with a rare disorder known as Tessier cleft lip and palate, which prevented him from closing his mouth, as well as cleft eyes, meaning that he was completely blind. The ...

"She was the most amazing little person I could ever put my eyes on. I kissed her and cried .... but most of all I just loved her and held her. I had the 3 greatest days of my life with this little girl and I could not imagine life without knowing her."

The whole world seems to be on Facebook, and Youth Defence runs not only the busiest Irish Facebook page, but one of the most active pro-life pages in the world. Particularly popular on Facebook are posts featuring beautiful photographs of babies in the womb with accompanying facts or captions ...

We received this poignant and thoughtful poem from Aoife Pedreschi and thought we'd share it with you.