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Florida becomes latest US state to restrict abortion access
The new law, which comes into force on 1 July, reduces the abortion limit from 24 to 15 weeks.
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The new law, which comes into force on 1 July, reduces the abortion limit from 24 to 15 weeks.
Lizelle Herrera (26) was arrested on April 7, for “intentionally and knowingly [causing] the death of an individual by self-induced abortion”.
The law has been in effect since September, aside from a district court-ordered pause that lasted 48 hours.
The protest took place to coincide with hundreds of similar demonstrations across the US.
The Tánaiste asserted in an op-ed that “there will be no abortion clinics in Ireland”.
Minister Simon Harris is set to bring the general scheme of legislation to Cabinet tomorrow.
After the vote, the committee will begin drafting a report on its recommendations.
The Irish and Polish pro-choice movements are not that different.
Will people lose the party whip over the highly emotive issue?
Micheál Martin didn’t respond to our survey, while others had an identical reply.
The Sunday Independent reports that the woman said she was suicidal.
David Ford said he wants a public consultation into changing abortion laws to allow women carrying babies with fatal foetal abnormalities to have a termination.
The 32-year-old woman suffered complications in a taxi after the procedure and died in a London hospital shortly afterwards.
The commission will review the Expert Group report and engage with the Committee of the Council of Europe on the issue.
The laws will be looked at during Ireland’s first United Nations universal periodic review, where the country’s human rights record will be assessed.
Senator Ivana Bacik and her student union colleagues were threatened with jail in 1989 for giving out information on abortion. She argues that public opinion has turned and that the Government must confront reality.
New statistics from UK Department of Health show that 12 Irish women a day sought terminations. The European Court of Human Rights ruled last December that the country’s regulation breached a woman’s rights.