The Irish Department of Health statistics reported 10,852 abortions in 2024, which is the highest number on record since the 2018 referendum. The 2018 referendum widened access to abortion, which has resulted in one in six pregnancies ending in abortion. This is a 300% increase in abortions from the 2,879 abortions that happened in 2018 before the law changed.
David Quinn of the Iona Institute stated, “[The referendum] was sold to the voters on the hard cases — like the baby is going to die soon after birth. And there was very little focus on the fact that the vast majority of babies aborted will be the healthy children of healthy women. That was barely spoken about. I mean, our pro-life side tried to raise it, but the pro-choice circles and the government very successfully kept the conversation about the hard cases and weren’t telling people that 90% of abortions would take place before 12 weeks.”
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