Safeguards debated after coercive abortion case and law change bids

Safeguards debated after coercive abortion case and law change bids Demonstrators hold banners during a protest outside the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington Jan. 22, 2026, to call on President Donald Trump's administration to ban the abortion pill. (OSV News photo/Aaron Schwartz, Reuters)

“Sadly, this is not an isolated incident,” said Eilís Mulroy of the Pro Life Campaign in response to a case of coercive abortion before the courts this week, renewing debates over safeguards within Ireland’s abortion law. A man in his 20s appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court after pleading guilty to unlawfully ending the life of…

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