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trotsky

(49,533 posts) Thu Dec 20, 2018, 04:11 PM Dec 2018

Abortion becomes legal in Ireland for first time after Bill signed by President

Major defeat for the Catholic Church. Major win for women!

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/abortion-becomes-legal-in-ireland-for-first-time-after-bill-signed-by-president-1.3738504

A Bill that will give women access to abortion for the first time in the history of the State has been signed into law by President Michael D Higgins.

A statement released by Áras an Uachtaráin on Thursday evening said: “Having considered the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018, the President has signed the Bill and it has accordingly become law.”

The Bill finished its final stage in the Seanad earlier this month after weeks of sometimes heated debate in both the Dáil and Seanad. It follows a referendum in May on the removal of the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution, which guaranteed the unborn and mother an equal right to life. Some 67 per cent of the electorate voted to repeal the amendment.

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Abortion becomes legal in Ireland for first time after Bill signed by President (Original Post) trotsky Dec 2018 OP

Ireland is shaking loose from the catholic church Demovictory9 Dec 2018 #1

The Holy Joes and Josephines tried to obstruct as much as they could OnDoutside Dec 2018 #2

Demovictory9

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1. Ireland is shaking loose from the catholic church

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Thu Dec 20, 2018, 04:20 PM

Dec 2018

OnDoutside

(20,645 posts)

2. The Holy Joes and Josephines tried to obstruct as much as they could

Reply to Demovictory9 (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 20, 2018, 05:16 PM

Dec 2018

but there was cross party determination to get past them. A number of attempted amendments were reminiscent of the RW tactics in n the US like making the names and addresses of the doctors publicly available.

The next big battle is the schools ... 93% are tied religiously, 85% Catholic. In primary schools, religion is a full subject and the teachers prepare the children for Communion and Confirmation during the year, including bringing them to the church for mass etc. They obviously don't want to give that free indoctrination up easily.

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