MD here all the above is true. All of these conditions were treated & managed here in Ireland when abortion was still illegal.

The problem is threatened miscarriage… where it may just be a matter of time before fetal death, but some form of a heartbeat is still present. A death of this type (Savita Halappavanar) was the case used in Ireland, but her sepsis went unrecognised and untreated overnight. Hard cases make bad law, abortion was legalised.

We had 6,666 reported abortions in the first year after legalization.

Some of our legislators are now calling to extend beyond 12 weeks. A lot of this, and gender issues, started in the US & elsewhere long before it arrived here, but it is astounding how fast it’s taken root here and is now expanding.