In a significant win for life-affirming values, Irish TDs voted 73-71 against reinstating a radical People Before Profit Bill that would decriminalize abortion up to birth, allow it on demand up to viability (around 24 weeks), scrap the three-day wait, and broaden late-term access for fetal conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The legislation, which lapsed after the 2024 election, drew support from several government Ministers like Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Helen McEntee, and Jack Chambers, alongside Sinn F\u00e9in and other left-leaning parties, but was opposed by Aont\u00fa, Independent Ireland, and conservative TDs committed to protecting the unborn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This narrow defeat highlights resistance to extremist policies that overstep the 2018 referendum’s promises amid soaring abortion numbers\u2014nearly 11,000 in 2024 alone\u2014and declining birth rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Life Institute blasted the Ministers for aligning with “abortion extremists,” calling their stance a betrayal of public trust and a disregard for preborn humanity. Spokesperson Sandra Parda decried media bias toward liberalization, urging a return to moral safeguards. This vote underscores the perils of progressive overreach, emphasizing the need to uphold traditional family values against ideologies that prioritize convenience over life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a significant win for life-affirming values, Irish TDs voted 73-71 against reinstating a radical People Before Profit Bill that would decriminalize abortion up to birth, allow it on demand up to viability (around 24 weeks), scrap the three-day wait, and broaden late-term access for fetal conditions. The legislation, which lapsed after the 2024 election, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":271113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[804,805,808],"tags":[475,909,9863],"class_list":["post-271112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-foreground","category-life","tag-abortion","tag-pro-life-2","tag-right-to-life"],"yoast_head":"\n