Tensions between pro-choice and pro-life demonstrators

Many women in Ireland are using medication to induce abortion, but the tablets are not always safe. Would the proposed Protection of Life During Pregnancy law put women in even greater danger?

As the Dáil vote nears, the heat on politicians is bound to increase

‘Significant number’ of TDs want an independent vote on protection of life bill, says campaign spokeswoman

The Minister for Health said he was only one of a number of politicians facing threats

Family Planning Association criticises retention of criminal sanctions for termination

Official estimates put the crowd at between 15,000 and 20,000

Call for an extension of the right to conscientious objection in the Bill to include trainee doctors, nurses, pharmacists and others involved in assisting in an abortion

Analysis: Central difficulty relates to suicide clause and absence of gestational limits as lawyers aired wide disagreements at the Oireachtas health committee

Prof William Binchy says Bill not necessary under the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in A, B, C cases

Divisions emerging between Coalition parties over suicide aspects of law