“Ultimately, with abortion the issue is not about whether a baby has a disability or a life-limiting condition. It is about the fact that with every abortion an innocent baby has his or her life ended.”

Karen Gaffney will be main speaker at Save the 8th Rally for Life on 1 July in Dublin. “Voices of people with disability must be heard in abortion debate,” say organisers.

Support group calls on the Government to make proper provision for perinatal hospice care nationally.

With the almost exclusive focus on abortion, it is a shame we never get to hear about life-affirming alternatives like perinatal hospice care."