One in six pregnancies now ends in abortion in Ireland, according to new data from the Department of Health.

It has also been revealed that there were 10,600 abortions in 2025 – an increase from 2,879 in 2018. 65,000 abortions have taken place since the 2018 law took effect.

Pro Life Campaign spokesperson Eilís Mulroy called the figures “deeply concerning”, stating that it is “65,000 reasons why government policy in this area has to change.”

Mulroy called for the introduction of a state-backed service to ensure that women conflicted about having an abortion could access timely information and practical support if they wished to continue their pregnancy.

“The State-funded agencies responsible for addressing unplanned pregnancy operate as a de facto fast-track service to abortion,” she said.

“Even a cursory review of these agencies’ websites suggests that their structures are overwhelmingly geared towards abortion.

“We hear from women all the time who regret their abortions and describe feeling rushed, pressured or carried along by the process, only to be left feeling abandoned and failed by the State afterwards.”

She said: “Women and their babies deserve so much better than this status quo continuing.”

Mulroy said the scale of abortion today is “completely different” to what senior politicians “promised the public would happen if they voted for ‘Repeal’ in 2018.”

“Yet in recent months, the only changes in which these leaders have shown any interest are proposals that would lead to still more abortions, not less – their support for the removal of the three-day reflection period being a case in point.,” she said.

Last month, the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ICBC) criticised a Sinn Féin Bill to remove the three-day mandatory waiting period for an abortion, which was carried in the Dáil by 86 votes to 70.

The Bishop’s Conference said in a June 14 statement: “Over 90 per cent of abortions in Ireland take place in the first 12 weeks but, in a society that is otherwise collapsing under the weight of research statistics, there is no attempt to even find out why. 

“Neither the State, nor the mainstream media, seem to have any interest in exploring what leads women to choose abortion or what happens to them afterwards.

“We acknowledge with gratitude those public representatives who have courageously affirmed the right to life of the unborn. 

“Unfortunately, there are some who seem determined at all costs to widen the scope of the present law.”