The View Although the Government still hasn’t announced the date for the referendum to repeal the rights of children before they are born, we now know what it is they are proposing. No longer can anyone say: “Ireland is different, we have a different culture here; Irish politicians wouldn’t vote for a permissive abortion…
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Mother and baby homes: a hidden history
Every society has treated ‘unwanted’ children as a problem, writes David Quinn As with the Magdalene homes, mother and baby homes have developed a strong attachment in the public mind with both Ireland and Catholicism. That is to say, these institutions seem peculiar to Irish Catholicism. This linkage in the public mind is likely…
Irish medical group denounce referendum proposal
Irish GP, Dr Siobhan Crowley, from the new group of medical professionals the ‘Medical Alliance for the 8th’ spoke at a press conference on Kildare street in Dublin supporting the retention of the Eighth Amendment. Below is the full text of Dr Crowley’s March 22 statement, in which she said: “In the event of repeal,…
Unborn rights’ judgment makes Eighth Amendment even more important: PLC
Alex Ferns The Supreme Court ruling that the right to life is the only constitutional right the unborn have in Ireland makes it more important than ever that that right be protected, the Pro Life Campaign (PLC) has said. Today’s decision, PLC legal adviser Prof. William Binchy said, makes the retention of the Eighth…