Oreland's abortion Holocaust continues to gather pace. Figures released by the Department of Health in Ireland show there were 10,600 abortions in Ireland in 2025, a 59.02% increase since legislation introducing abortion on demand came into effect in 2019, when 6,666 abortions took place. This brings the total from 2019 until the end of 2025 to almost 60,000 abortions.
Before new abortion legislation came into effect in Ireland in 2019, the number of abortions that took place in England and Wales for women who were Irish residents in 2018 was 2,879. A further 32 abortions were reported to have taken place in Ireland under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act, taking the total number of abortions for Irish residents in 2018 to 2,911.
The latest available data, for the year 2023, shows that 235 residents of the Irish Republic travelled to England and Wales for an abortion. In the same year, Irish abortion statistics show that 10,033 abortions took place in Ireland, and of these, 9 were for women who had travelled from Northern Ireland.
Commenting on the figures, Eilís Mulroy of the Irish pro-life group Pro Life Campaign said “The latest figures are deeply concerning. The fact that 10,600 abortions occurred in Ireland in a single year is a very sobering indictment of how Ireland’s abortion regime is operating. It means that 1 in every 6 babies in Ireland now loses their life to abortion”.
“8 years on from the introduction of abortion, incredibly, there is still no State-backed service whose sole purpose is to ensure that women conflicted about having an abortion can access timely information and practical support if they wish to continue their pregnancy. The State-funded agencies responsible for addressing unplanned pregnancy operate as a de facto fast-track service to abortion. Even a cursory review of these agencies’ websites suggests that their structures are overwhelmingly geared towards abortion”.