Why devalue womanhood then? Nature dictates its women who give birth, not men.
It may mark me out as unbearably woke, Highlighter, but I have always been of the view that women are people too.
Men don't have ovaries.
I think we should be applauding his inclusiveness and support for the right for every man to have a baby, if they so desire.
Pregnant people? He means pregnant women.
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he has always been on the pro-life side to be fair so his views are well known and nothing new.
Newly-elected city councillor, Malachy Steenson, recipient of a three-year suspended sentence from the Special Criminal Court for "Republican activities", is now in favour of life and wants people to attend the "Rally for Life" on 7th July:
The bill is just to be signed into law by Governor Hobbes to make almost all abortions legal. I do not know what class of abortion will still be unlawful after Gov Hobbes sign's the bill into law.
Safe zones bill passes Seanad, goes to the President for signature.
Should've been done five years ago.
The Bill will prohibit anti-abortion protests within 100 metres of any facility that could be providing access to terminations. This will allow for exclusion zones around all hospitals, GP practices and other facilities such as the Dublin Well Woman Centre and Irish Family Planning Association services.
Should be 200 or 300 metres! Nobody has any reason to protest at such a facility other than to attempt to intimidate staff and clients.
Arizona finally passes a repeal of their ,1864 ban. Not quite repealed yet. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/24/politics/arizona-house-abortion-law/index.html
The funny thing is, I don't have any expectation SF would change it either - once they get into government the pressure on them to be socially "radical" 🙄 is off, and they still have a sizeable catholic conservative rump especially up north.
Meanwhile - the ASN don't exactly beat around the bush do they? 😁
https://www.asn.org.uk/
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If I still cared, I could use that as a means of proving to my local diocese I'm no longer a catholic in good standing 😛
There is a growing reluctance within the Coalition, however, around making further changes, with one senior source saying it is hard to envisage any major change prior to the general election. Another Government source said they were not sure how much appetite there is for legislative change.
I wonder is this mindset part of the fallout from the referedum defeats. Whatever, I think it would be a big OG not to at least scrap the three-day waiting period, given the apparently overwhelming consensus around that.
Some good news which I hadn't seen until now - Poland
12 Apr 2024 17.08 CEST Summary of the day The Polish parliament considered proposals on loosening the country’s near total ban on abortion. The MPs looked at four bills: Two are aimed at legalising abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy and another is focused on decriminalisation. The fourth seeks a return to strict 1993 laws. The parliament voted on Friday afternoon to send all four bills to a special committee for consideration, despite differences of opinion within the ruling coalition. The speaker of the Polish parliament, Szymon Hołownia, said his party backed the bills “out of respect for democracy and concern for the durability of the coalition.” Civil society groups and some MPs celebrated the move. Miko Czerwiński, head of campaigns at Amnesty International Poland, said that “Poland’s parliament has taken a significant step towards ending Poland’s cruel and draconian restrictions on access to abortion.” The Center for Reproductive Rights in Europe said that “this is an important first step towards aligning the law with the majority of European countries where abortion is legal on request.” The president of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, the archbishop Tadeusz Wojda, urged Poles “to make this Sunday a day of special prayer in defence of the unborn.”
12 Apr 2024 17.08 CEST Summary of the day
The Polish parliament considered proposals on loosening the country’s near total ban on abortion.
The MPs looked at four bills: Two are aimed at legalising abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy and another is focused on decriminalisation. The fourth seeks a return to strict 1993 laws.
The parliament voted on Friday afternoon to send all four bills to a special committee for consideration, despite differences of opinion within the ruling coalition.
The speaker of the Polish parliament, Szymon Hołownia, said his party backed the bills “out of respect for democracy and concern for the durability of the coalition.” Civil society groups and some MPs celebrated the move.
Miko Czerwiński, head of campaigns at Amnesty International Poland, said that “Poland’s parliament has taken a significant step towards ending Poland’s cruel and draconian restrictions on access to abortion.”
The Center for Reproductive Rights in Europe said that “this is an important first step towards aligning the law with the majority of European countries where abortion is legal on request.”
The president of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, the archbishop Tadeusz Wojda, urged Poles “to make this Sunday a day of special prayer in defence of the unborn.”
Arizona again blocks a vote on repealing the 1864 law. Second time. Just keep hitting yourselves in the head, GOP.
https://www.meidastouch.com/news/arizona-house-republicans-again-refuse-to-take-up-repeal-of-1864-abortion-ban
In Italy, anti-abortion activists are moving into abortion clinics, not away from them:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/16/italy-passes-measures-to-allow-anti-abortion-activists-to-enter-abortion-clinics
Because the RCC runs the politicians as always. Why has the Tuam forensic investigation not happened? Why are the various fines and penalties not been collected for the Magdalene laundries. All point to one thing.
Good for TD Smith to rake Harris over the coals a bit. Still, I'm not encouraged anything will change, I don't think there's a groundswell for protest about it.
Harris questioned today about it.
Brîd Smith ( of all people !) very capably reading back his previous stance on it which illustrates that he would have considered what is now happening as a " government in dereliction of its duty " ...this his own statement on how legislation should be enacted to support the results of the referendum effectively!
He then replies with it being put ' to the people ' in the referendum. But as she responded to him , the 3 day wait for an abortion , and 28 day limit for the 2 doctors to sign off on a FFA was never suggested or discussed before the referendum , so it was incorrect to say it was what people voted for .
Both of those points along with the threat of a 14 year sentence for doctors are what is causing the stifling of abortion services for women in this country .
Not a fan of hers in general but I am in agreement with her on this .
Women have fobbed off with this legislation which is ham fisted and ill conceived , unless of course you are a government trying to reduce the effectiveness of legislating for abortion.
Nobody wants legislation set in stone I agree .
And it is precisely for this reason that the government need to enact legislative changes based on the review they commissioned , and the report they have sitting on their desks for over a year now .
Those changes are three years a-waiting , two years delay in the report being commissioned, because of Covid ..fair enough .
But why has nothing been done about it in the last year ?
SF joining in now.
Sinn Féin’s health spokesperson David Cullinane said he is “open” to changes on the 12-week abortion limit.
He said it is not right that women have to travel abroad to access abortion services but said the 12-week limit needs “further engagement”.He called on the three-day waiting period between a woman visiting a GP and having a termination to be scrapped.Currently, two doctors need to sign off on an abortion in fatal feotal abnormality cases if they agree the baby would die within 28 days. Mr Cullinane said the 28-day period also should be done away with.
He said it is not right that women have to travel abroad to access abortion services but said the 12-week limit needs “further engagement”.
He called on the three-day waiting period between a woman visiting a GP and having a termination to be scrapped.
Currently, two doctors need to sign off on an abortion in fatal feotal abnormality cases if they agree the baby would die within 28 days. Mr Cullinane said the 28-day period also should be done away with.
Okay…
“I’m very conscious that that 12 weeks was part of the original legislation that went to the people
Aaaarghhh
No, we didn't put legislation to the people, we put a constitutional amendment to the people. We voted to allow the Oireachtas to legislate precisely because we did NOT want the legislation surrounding abortion to be set in stone like it was under the 8th. There is no time provision in the constitution and rightly so.
Programme is on RTE1 right now (starts on RTE1 +1 at 10:35)
Good so far and not getting into the usual crapola about whether abortion should be allowed or not. It is allowed, the focus is on whether services are being delivered as they should.
Bullsht 'counseling services' making de wimmens lives miserable if they think about abortion. RTE nailed 2 of them in an investigation. https://www.rte.ie/news/investigations-unit/2024/0415/1443681-undercover-in-counselling-services-misleading-women-on-abortion/
Growing calls for proposed changes to Ireland's abortion law to be implemented
Motivated I guess by the appointment of a new taoiseach and the sense that the clock is running out for the current government
Oh, and lest we forget, IVF is not decided yet in Alabamastan. There's a 'short-term measure' reducing risk to IVF providers is all.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/alabama-lawmakers-ivf-protection-bill-vote-rcna141710
Seems like AZ has blocked the first attempt to repeal the 1864 abomination. Republicans thought it too soon. New boards linking doesn't seem to like archive.ph. archive.ph zrgE7
Seems like white male doctors were behind the 1864 law and were of the mindset that white women should be at home bearing babies due to a supposed race fear of the white population being outbred…. https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=883ed3b50ac96485JmltdHM9MTcxMjc5MzYwMCZpZ3VpZD0wYjkyYjAwZC1mOGE4LTY4ZDktMzIxOC1hM2I3ZjllNTY5YzMmaW5zaWQ9NTE5Mg&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=3&fclid=0b92b00d-f8a8-68d9-3218-a3b7f9e569c3&psq=Why+was+Arizona%27s+abortion+law+dropped+in+1864&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNC8xMC9oZWFsdGgvYXJpem9uYS1hYm9ydGlvbi1iYW4taGlzdG9yeS5odG1s&ntb=1
Ballot box poison, and it serves them bloody well right.
Arizona has banned abortion too - but, Lo!, Republicans are up in arms about it.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/10/arizona-republicans-against-state-abortion-ban
Florida is getting a six-week abortion ban, in effect total
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2024/04/02/florida-supreme-court-clears-way-for-abortion-ballot-and-six-week-ban/
But it's also getting a referendum later this year to embed abortion rights in its state constitution. Overturning Roe v. Wade, and court decisions since then which have restricted abortion rights, have already turned out to be counterproductive as the electorates of other states have voted to copperfasten abortion rights.
Vive la revolution
Fúck this bullshit of tinkering with this catholic constitution piece by piece, get rid of the whole fûcking thing
Vive la France
