Last year the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Irish Government must ensure that a woman’s right to abortion in certain circumstances as outlined in the constitution is upheld. The court found “that the authorities failed to comply with their positive obligation to secure to the third applicant [C] effective respect for her private life [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Abortion'
Irish Government response to A,B,C vs Ireland placed under ‘enhanced’ supervision
September 20th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Abortion
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Leo Varadkar’s Fitness
May 4th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Abortion, Irish Politics
You may have missed the big interview with Leo Varadkar in the Sunday Independent. We learn about his family, his personal trainer and the fact he does not do clinics and emails constituents instead, and his views on abortion. Just in case you hadn’t heard them yourself and were wondering I thought I’d reprint his [...]
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Increased support for Abortion in Ireland
March 8th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Abortion
Opinions regarding Irish attitudes to abortion in various circumstances has been measured in research commissioned by Marie Stopes Reproductive Choices released today. The research is being released in conjunction with a new booklet on reproductive choices being launched by the organisation on International Womens Day. (Marie Stopes is a Dublin based sexual and reproductive health [...]
Tags:Abortion·Family planning·Ireland·Marie Stopes·Pregnancy·Reproductive Health
What you didn’t see on RTE
February 2nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Abortion
The report released last week by Human Rights Watch on Abortion and Ireland was not covered on RTE news. I still have not figured out why programmes and editors ignored it. There was coverage in the national newspapers and TV3. The Guardian also gave significant coverage to the findings. In terms of international TV news, [...]
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Human Rights Watch launch report on Abortion and Ireland
January 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Abortion
The Irish government should take all necessary steps, both immediate and incremental, to ensure that women have informed and un-coerced access to safe and legal abortion services within Ireland as an element of women’s exercise of their reproductive and other human rights. In the interim, the government should immediately ensure that those abortion services that [...]
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Death Panel Politics, Disability and Lisbon
September 27th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Abortion, Disability, Equality, European Union, Irish Politics, Lisbon
While I was on holidays a work colleague texted me to say she had been canvassed by Cóir. The canvasser told her that if Lisbon was passed that she would be put down like a dog. My colleague has cerebral palsy. She didn’t argue back and managed to move away. I was shocked but not [...]
Tags:Disability·EU·European Union·Human rights·Ireland·Lisbon Treaty·Society and Culture
Take down the adverts
August 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Abortion, Irish Politics
Following up on the post yesterday on the very flawed Campaign on Rogue Pregnancy Counselling Agencies I see the advertising agency involved, Rothco, has joined the fray and blogged about the campaign and its roll out. Have a look at their post and in particular look at the flash ad at the end of the [...]
Tags:Advertising·Crisis Pregnancy Agency·Reproductive Health
Who do the Government think is the ‘Rogue’?
August 11th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Abortion, Irish Politics
This is the Crisis Pregnancy Agency’s response to the issue of Rogue Agencies who target women in crisis pregnancy situations. Minister for Health Mary Harney last month referred to thse agencies as ‘quite appalling’. Look at the ad – does it seem supportive of the women who may have visited rogue agencies, of women who [...]
Tags:Department of Health and Children·Health·Pregnancy·Reproductive Health·Women
Stopping the Silence on Abortion in Ireland
April 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Abortion, Irish Politics, Social Media
Released today by the Safe and Legal in Ireland campaign are 3 Youtube videos which make up part of a 11 minute presentation on the issue of abortion in Ireland, where we are at and what needs to happen to solve the problems faced by women seeking terminations. The first part I’m posting below and [...]
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