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The article discusses the focus on love in pro-choice campaign in Ireland prior to the country's referendum to legalize abortion on May 25, 2018. An overview of the role that the death of pregnant woman Savita Halappanavar in Ireland played in the referendum campaign, due to the Irish Constitution Eighth Amendment's banning of abortion, is provided.

A response is offered to the newspaper the "New York Times" columnist and anti-choice conservative Ross Douthat on the dangers of illegal abortion in the U.S. An overview of the impact that the use of contraception and birth control have on abortion statistics, including in regard to bans on abortion in Ireland and Brazil, is provided. INSET: Abortion Is Already Criminalized..

The article presents the author's view on abortion laws in Ireland. Topics include the penalties for self-abortion; factors affecting abortion including rape, incest, risk to the woman's physical health, and fetal defects; and the attitudes of pro-choice activists in Ireland. Comments are also presented from Dr. Tiernan Murray, a member of the organization Doctors for Choice.

The author looks at the October 2012 death of Savita Halappanavar in a hospital in Galway, Ireland, noting many blame the doctors' refusal to resolve her miscarriage by performing an abortion. She criticizes Ireland's anti-abortion law and the Catholic Church's opposition to abortion, and expresses the view that ostensible exceptions for the life of the mother often fail to protect pregnant women.