Some Irish news

May 01, 2007 20:55

There are two pieces of news here that I find very interesting.

The first is a pregnant seventeen year old girl, whose baby will die shortly after birth, is not being allowed to have an abortion Now, there are a couple of things to consider here. The first is that abortion is still illegal here. What she is seeking is permission to travel to ( Read more... )

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kensson May 1 2007, 21:01:31 UTC
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*shakes fist at Irish authorities*

*lowers it to give hug*

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clonion May 1 2007, 21:24:31 UTC
Cheers!

The Irish authorities baffle me at times. They do things like ban smoking (yay!) and ban on plastic bags (yay!), decide when getting rid of ban on homosexuality to go straight for the same legal age as heterosexuality, and then continue to deny women the right to decision over their own body. Gah.

*accepts hug gratefully*

How bist thou?

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ciara_mkb May 2 2007, 11:47:38 UTC
I saw the first story on the website yesterday, and can't believe it's still going on - now 15 years after the Miss X, case, it's crazy.
And yeah, .. sometimes I just get tired and jaded at hearing these stories.

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