Loveboth

They don’t want to see the 8th repealed!

The 8th Amendment

Several groups of volunteers have been traveling around the country to share their ideas about protecting life, on the LoveBoth Tour. Here are two of their testimonies. Sign up to get involved – you won’t regret it! “When you turn on the radio or the TV and they’re discussing the abortion issue, you’d be forgiven […]

Her baby was carrying the life limiting condition Trisomy 18

pro-life

As I stood, in the near empty streets of Kildare on a desolate corner by a bookies, I approached a woman to ask her if she could spare just a small part of her day chatting with the Love Both team about our pro-life message. Hesitantly, she agreed at first with an aura of uncertainty. […]

Open letter to a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy

I know it may not seem like it now, amidst the mixture of emotions during an unplanned pregnancy; shock, fear, isolation, but at the foundation of all these emotions that cloud the true reality, is that you have been given the most precious gift you will ever receive, the miracle of life.  People around you, […]

Is it possible for mums to be elite athletes?

female athletes mother

Having a baby doesn’t mean you have to put your life, dreams, and goals on hold. Just ask Jordanne Whiley, who revealed in July that she was eleven weeks pregnant when she became the Wimbledon wheelchair doubles champion. This is an experience similar to other elite athletes.  Whiley announced her pregnancy on Instagram with a […]

Friendship may start in an unexpected way

Friendship makes you rejoice with your friend’s joys and share with his sufferings. Friendship starts sometimes in an unexpected way. Maria was in her second year at university. I was a journalist and had started to give her Spanish lessons. I was a bit older than her, so I never thought that we would become […]

Unplanned pregnancy, unplanned joy (I have seen it)

unplanned pregnancy

My name is Críostíona Ní Laimhín and I’m currently studying Primary School teaching in DCU (Dublin City University). My brother, Seosamh, has quite severe special needs and his life has always taught me that no matter what, life will always be worth living. But then as the years passed, I found new reasons to support life. […]

The humanity of the unborn? Ask a child

Imagine what it must feel like to hear your baby’s heartbeat for the first time with an ultrasound. It’s a confirmation that a person is developing!  A problem we have today is the rationalisation of abortion. Let’s be reasonable. If a person who is born has a heartbeat, we -on a colloquial way of speaking- […]

The Eighth Amendment helps us achieve our dreams

8th Amendment Abortion Down Syndrome Achieve our dreams

Every year thousands of Irish men and women partake as athletes in The Special Olympics and even more people volunteer with the organisation. It’s an event that strikes a chord in the heart of every Irish person. It shows how it is possible to achieve our dreams. That is because in Ireland -and the 8th Amendment […]