Pro-life groups across Ireland sent messages of support to Bernadette Smyth today as she was unfairly convicted by a Belfast court whose ruling was described as 'ridiculous' and 'deeply troubling'.


Pro-life groups across Ireland sent messages of support to Bernadette Smyth today as she was unfairly convicted by a Belfast court whose ruling was described as 'ridiculous' and 'deeply troubling'.

Thousands of Get Well cards, messages and gifts for the baby at the centre of the recent Irish abortion controversy were delivered to the Minister for Health by pro-life activists. The baby was forcibly delivered prematurely at just 25 weeks gestation when his mother said that she was suicidal...

A US college freshman from West Virginia University became the youngest legislator in United States history this week - and she says she is 'pro-life and proud of it'. Live Action reports that 18-year-old Saira Blair, a Republican from the 59th Delegate District in her state, beat out her...

When Chile moved to totally ban abortion in 1989, abortion campaigners insisted that illegal abortion rates would climb and harm caused to women from the same would also increase. But deaths from illegal abortion plummeted after the ban, and Chile has become a leader in maternal healthcare with...

Almost 1,000 medical professionals have now signed the Dublin Declaration on Maternal Health, which was launched in 2012 to affirm that abortion is not needed to save women's lives.

This Friday, voters will go to the polls in bye-elections in Roscommon/South Leitrim and Dublin South-West.

Last week saw hundreds of pro-life activists attend strategy meetings organised by the Life Institute and Youth Defence in Dublin, Cork and Carrick on Shannon.

The Life Institute has said that the "medieval views" of the Irish Socialist party on abortion causes them to be blind to the reality of the procedure and the harm it inflicts on the most vulnerable people in society.

The Life Institute has accused an Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, of showing a "callous indifference" to the damage caused to both mother and baby in the first reported use of the 2013 abortion legislation. Niamh Uí Bhriain of the Life Institute made her remarks today after Mr Kenny said...

The Vigil received major media coverage including national TV and radio coverage on RTE, Today FM, Newstalk and more. The Irish Times gave a fair report here and the Journal reported here. Other media, including RTE and the Independent tried to downplay the size of the pro-life crowd, who had...
