Every culture answers one question: what is one human life worth? Some answer precious. Others answer expendable for a “greater good.”

Six years of official figures raise a difficult question: what happened to the “rare” part?

Since 2019 Ireland has recorded 57,461 abortions and 264 murder or manslaughter victims — about 217 for every one.

Jessica was at the incubator when she saw the swelling. In Carrignavar, neighbours chose not to look away from Jade — the smallest baby in that intensive care unit.

The Irish Times reported that around 10,600 abortions took place in Ireland in 2025, after 10,852 in 2024. Of the 2024 figure, 10,445 were under 12 weeks, 25 were on grounds of risk to the life or health of the woman, 13 were emergencies, and 117 were for fatal foetal anomaly. The Independent has put the 2019–2024 total at 46,861. These are not slogans. They are the State's own record. On 3 July 2026 the HSE published its first termination of pregnancy report. The numbers are

On 17 June 2026 the Dáil passed Second Stage of Sinn Féin's Health (Abolition of Three Day Wait Rule) Bill 2026 (Bill 47/2026) by 86 votes to 70. That is not the end of the story. The Bill is not law. It still has to go through Committee Stage, Report Stage, and Final Stage in the Dáil, then the Seanad, and then commencement. Until that happens, the three-day wait remains. People who care about life should not treat a Second Stage vote as a finished fight. The wait is not cru

The recent decision by the Dáil to vote for the removal of the mandatory 72-hour waiting period marks a sobering shift in the Irish landscape. While sponsors of the bill, such as Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald, have framed this as the removal of an "unnecessary barrier," those of us who believe in the "essential right to time" see it as something far more concerning: a step toward the "silent cruelty of rushed choices". A Broken Promise to the Public In 2018, the three-day wai

By Mary, Voicesof.life Every now and then I come across a story that stays with me long after I've finished reading it. This week, it was the story of Irish cardiologist Dr. Dermot Kearney at the Messenger of St. Anthony and the women who turned to him after beginning a medical abortion but then desperately wanted another chance. https://www.messengersaintanthony.com/content/pro-life-consultant Whatever your views on abortion, it made me stop and think. Life is rarely as simp

When I heard Gabriel James Golden’s father say, “He’s got a story to tell, and it’s a positive story,” I couldn’t help but smile through my tears. Gabriel was born at just 22 weeks, and the odds were stacked against him. Yet, with the unwavering love of his family, the dedication of his medical team, and an incredible fighting spirit, he survived. His story reminds me that every life is precious, no matter how small or how uncertain the journey may seem. Behind every tiny hea

There is a growing, loud demand from the Social Democrats to scrap the mandatory 72-hour waiting period for an abortion—a move they frame as a victory for "autonomy" over "paternalism". But as we peel back the layers of this political "triumphalism," we find a reality that is far more chilling. To deny a woman the opportunity to pause and consider her options is not progressive; it is, in its own way, cruel, inhumane, and fundamentally hateful toward the complexity of the hum