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The Irish Times & The ‘totally False’ Abortion Story

The inquiry has been held, and the Irish Times' infamous 'first Irish abortion' story has been shown to be totally and utterly false. Journalist Paul Cullen and his employers at the national broadsheet have disgraced themselves, once again, by their decision to splash a piece of pro-abortion propaganda across the front pages in a cynical attempt to exalt Fine Gael's abortion legislation – only for that propaganda to be exposed as a lame piece of fiction in less than 24 hours.

LifeInstitute 9 years ago

#JeSuisCharlie? I Think Not.

I can understand why #JeSuisCharlie lit up the internet. The shootings at Charlie Hebdo were both horrifying and terrifying and people everywhere wanted to show support and solidarity, to stand for freedom and for freedom of expression. And yes, I can believe that many journalists and politicians felt a genuine desire to express their shock at what had happened and to send condolences for those who had died at the French publication.

LifeInstitute 9 years ago

What I Learnt From 12 Years A Slave

Last week I finally got to watch the acclaimed film 12 Years a Slave, which tells the story of Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana.

LifeInstitute 10 years ago

Another Epic Fail From The Irish Times On Abortion

What’s very clear from this new debacle caused by yet another bout of Irish Times misreporting is that the paper has lost all credibility when it comes to abortion.

LifeInstitute 10 years ago

Will psychiatrists who follow the medical evidence be banned from new abortion panels?

Last week, the Irish Times reported that the Irish College of Psychiatrists had advised its members not to take part in review panels on abortion until clinical guidelines were in place. The professional body for psychiatrists in Ireland said that the enactment of the abortion act on January 1st 2014 without clinical guidelines was “very haphazard and unsatisfactory”.

LifeInstitute 10 years ago

The European Court On Human Rights To Rule On The Status Of The Human Embryo

The European Court on Human Rights to rule on the status of the human embryo In the next months, the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) will have to rule on the matter of the status of the human embryo in a case which bears some similarities to the RvR case in Ireland.

LifeInstitute 10 years ago

Powerful Report On RTE's Drivetime Shows Every Life Counts

A recent Drivetime report on RTÉ radio made a powerful case for perinatal hospice as an alternative to abortion and is well worth listening to if you missed it first time around.

LifeInstitute 10 years ago

European Parliament To Vote On Abortion As 'human Right'

The European Parliament will vote today on a report that seeks to promote abortion as a fundamental human right, while undermining the right of pro-life doctors and health workers to conscientious objection.

LifeInstitute 10 years ago

Mater Has Duty To Protect Human Life

The Life Institute has called on the Mater hospital to adhere to the first duty of every doctor - to do no harm, and to protect patients.

LifeInstitute 10 years ago

SIPO: One Law For Pro-Life And Another For Pro-Aborts?

Every so often, one of the Irish media outlets will try to resurrect an entirely manufactured outrage about pro life groups not being registered with SIPO. To the interest of almost no-one at all, they will print column after column shrieking about various red herrings such as sources of funding. - See more at: http://www.thelifeinstitute.net/blog/2013/08/30/sipo-one-law-for-pro-life-and-another-for-pro-aborts/#sthash.BjSzbKw4.dpuf

LifeInstitute 10 years ago

The Man Who Has Saved 1000 Babies

LifeSiteNews reports on a short video which features the story of John Barros who has saved the lived of 1000 babies at an abortion mill. According to his doctors John Barros shouldn’t be alive. Between cancer that required four surgeries, two brain aneurisms that required two more surgeries, and an accident when someone ran into his back with a vehicle, leading to yet more surgeries, it’s a marvel that Barros is standing, let alone maintaining the grueling schedule that he does.

LifeInstitute 10 years ago

Mater Board Says Hospital Cannot Carry Out Abortions

A member of the board of the Mater Hospital in Dublin has told the Irish Times that the hospital “cannot comply” with the abortion legislation recently signed into law.

LifeInstitute 10 years ago