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It\u2019s been five years since the Republic of Ireland legalized abortion, and government data has revealed the nation has seen thousands of abortions per year since then.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the Health Service Executive (HSE) <\/span>indicated<\/span><\/a> that at least 17,820 abortions occurred with 6,577 and 4,577 notifications of abortions from medical professionals between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2022. In 2019, the year after Ireland passed pro-abortion legislation, the number of notifications reached 6,666 \u2013 a number that the Pro-Life Campaign (PLC) <\/span>reportedly said<\/span><\/a>: \u201cwas not lost on lots of people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Compare that to the <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a> 15 abortions committed in 2017 and 25 committed in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

More recently, the PLC <\/span>noted<\/span><\/a> that HSE had provided data to Parliament showing 8,876 combined reimbursement claims for \u201ccombined termination procedure and aftercare\u201d for 2022. Ireland\u2019s health minister <\/span>similarly said<\/span><\/a> in 2022 that 8,500 women had ended their pregnancies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Walgreens<\/a><\/p>\n

Ireland had one of the most pro-life legal environments in the world under its Eighth Amendment, which asserted a mother\u2019s and preborn child\u2019s equal right to life. The government repealed the amendment in 2018 after citizens overwhelmingly voted to do so in a referendum. Last week marked the fifth anniversary of that referendum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That year, President Michael Higgins signed the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, which restricts abortion to 12 weeks with some exceptions for abortions beyond 12 weeks due to fetal diagnosis and the life of the mother.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both Ireland\u2019s and the United States\u2019 data would seem to cast doubt on the World Health Organization\u2019s <\/span>claim<\/span><\/a> that pro-life laws don\u2019t actually decrease the number of abortions. The exact number of abortions is unknown and it\u2019s unclear how many of the reported abortions would have been committed underground with pro-life laws in place. But government data indicates that expanding abortion access comes alongside dramatic increases in reported abortions. A similar <\/span>increase<\/span><\/a> was seen in the U.S. after the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in <\/span>Roe v. Wade<\/span><\/i>, and substantial drops <\/span>reportedly occurred<\/span><\/a> after it was overturned in <\/span>Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The dramatic rise in reported abortions is shocking but it\u2019s apparently not enough for Ireland\u2019s pro-abortion government, which issued a report in February worrying about continued barriers to access.<\/span><\/p>\n

In it, the HSE recommended a series of measures designed to ensure more abortions. Those included removing the three-day waiting period, which is <\/span>estimated<\/span><\/a> to have saved more than 1,000 lives. HSE\u2019s report suggested more facilities be available for surgical abortions, and encouraged clamping down on conscience objections among medical professionals.<\/span><\/p>\n

HSE also proposed removing additional \u201cfinancial barriers\u201d to obtaining the procedure. \u201cThe Department of Health should consider providing these services on the basis of residence in Ireland, thereby including people who do not have a PPS [personal public service] number, such as undocumented migrants and foreign students,\u201d the report reads.<\/span><\/p>\n

PLC CEO Eil\u00eds Mulroy told Catholic News Agency that the government had failed to provide adequate alternatives to abortion. PLC previously <\/span>published<\/span><\/a> survey results showing that \u201c89% of people support women being offered information about alternatives before proceeding with an abortion.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HSE, meanwhile, has made a somewhat vague recommendation that healthcare workers be required not to give \u201cmisleading\u201d information to women. \u201cThe Department of Health should consider introducing a statutory obligation on healthcare workers to refrain from providing misleading information or otherwise engaging in conduct that is designed to (or which could reasonably be considered as designed to) prevent or delay a woman\u2019s access to termination of pregnancy,\u201d HSE\u2019s report reads.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s been five years since the Republic of Ireland legalized abortion, and government data has revealed the nation has seen thousands of abortions per year since then. 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