If a problem isn’t measured, it won’t be fixed, so the saying goes. It certainly rings true in politics – if there aren’t enough voices raised on an issue, no matter how fundamental it is, then politicians will ignore it. This has been the case when it comes to abortion and other life issues, where…
With the results of the European and Local elections now fully counted, there is encouraging news on the pro-life front in both sets of votes. The number of pro-life candidates elected to councils across the country has increased and now stands at over seventy. Thirty of these have been elected in the more populous counties…
A society can best be judged by how it treats its most vulnerable members. Unfortunately, Ireland’s current treatment of unborn children with disabilities, chiefly Down syndrome, leaves a shameful mark on our society. During the referendum campaign in 2018, government politicians and prominent Yes campaigners tried to pour cold water on entirely reasonable forecasts from…
There is a real prospect of pro-life gains in the upcoming elections, writes Eilís Mulroy Before voters go to the polls in Irish elections, the Pro Life Campaign has, for many years now, published a ‘Voter Guide’ with a comprehensive list of candidates and where they stand on right-to-life issues. As well as being an…
Three really important elections are set to take place in the coming months – the local and European elections in early June, and a General Election sometime this year or early next year, at the latest. All three elections will determine who represents us for the next five years. It’s why from a pro-life standpoint…
The story that came to light in recent weeks about the woman from Limerick who almost died after undergoing an abortion is something that could have been avoided if senior members of government had listened to pro-life TDs and accepted the amendments they proposed prior to the passage of the new abortion law in 2018.…
Soon after being elected a TD for the first time, Simon Harris wrote the following in the Sunday Independent: “Voltaire once commented that ‘the most important thing in life is to speak your mind’. That’s exactly what I did last week. At a private meeting amongst colleagues, I raised concerns about legislating for abortion in…
I happened to be at one of the count centres last Saturday morning as ballot boxes opened and early tallies showed what was in store in the ‘family’ and ‘care’ referendums. Looking at the results rolling in, one ‘No’ voter remarked to me that he recently read about how much funding the National Women’s Council…