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At Least 25,000 Attend Anti-Abortion Vigil

  • 20-01-2013 06:48PM
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    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 510 ✭✭✭


    Let's fact reality here, the turnout was fairly spectacular while 100 Pro-Choice folks held a counter demonstration shows that abortion in Ireland will remain a choice between Aer Lingus and Ryanair for decades to come.

    I am Pro-Choice myself, and it seems so are most posters on here. However, the prediction from some here that a handful of holy rollers would show up demonstrates how people on the net really are not representative of the general population.

    Ireland is foreign place in many ways.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,171 ✭✭✭triple-M


    +1 for pro choice


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    Abortions for everyone!!! Or just the women who no longer wish to be pregnant, like most normal countries.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,083 ✭✭✭meoklmrk91


    Pro-choice myself, Jesus did that many people really turn up? Any links OP?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,269 ✭✭✭GalwayGuy2


    That is depressing:(


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 510 ✭✭✭LivelineDipso


    Might be as high as 40,000 from some estimates.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,171 ✭✭✭triple-M


    I reckon abortion would be positive for the country as less babies = less welfare payments for unwanted babies


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭seven_eleven


    Yep, and if you look at all the pictures of it 90% of them are old bitter religious people, some even brought kids a long and made them hold up signs etc. Disgusting.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    In a country of 4 million, 25k gobshítes is unsurprising.

    Look at the polls, and you'll see where the majority of people in this country stand on abortion.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 518 ✭✭✭otto_26


    Well done people of Ireland :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,660 ✭✭✭COYVB


    Sure it's not like religious zealots have anything better to be doing than telling everyone else how to live their lives. A high turnout is hardly a surprise. It was that or mass


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 510 ✭✭✭LivelineDipso


    triple-M wrote: »
    I reckon abortion would be positive for the country as less babies = less welfare payments for unwanted babies


    It's middle class people who have abortions. Skangers never would as the get extra mickey money and moved up the housing lists more kids they have.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,379 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    A good 25% of the protestors yesterday aren't even citizens of the RoI. They'd be better off protesting against abortion in their own country, where it's legal already.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 518 ✭✭✭otto_26


    Yep, and if you look at all the pictures of it 90% of them are old bitter religious people, some even brought kids a long and made them hold up signs etc. Disgusting.

    Yep, and if you look at the pro choice march in all the pictures of it 90% of them are old and young bitter non-religious people, some even brought kids a long and made them hold up signs etc. Disgusting. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,025 ✭✭✭Am Chile


    Yep, and if you look at all the pictures of it 90% of them are old bitter religious people, some even brought kids a long and made them hold up signs etc. Disgusting.

    Plus 1-the other day I got a leaflet in the letterbox about yesterdays rally and contact number to book a place on a bus to travel to dublin for the rally-when I looked outside to see who was doing the leaflet drop in my estate-a neighbour in the street around the corner from me, a fellow in his mid 50s whos in a bible study group was doing the leaflet drop go figure-as for the turnout for yesterdays rally while its impressive-the rally for savita in Novemebr drew about 20.000 to 30.000 out that day-anyone who was there will know that.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭PseudoFamous


    The financial backing was actually disgusting, imo. Printed signs for the protesters, gigantic TV things, buses to bring people from distant towns to the city for free. Rotten. All of this **** is paid for by Americans via the Iona instutute, it's sickening.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,879 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    A good 25% of the protestors yesterday aren't even citizens of the RoI. They'd be better off protesting against abortion in their own country, where it's legal already.

    Really? Links?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,379 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    The financial backing was actually disgusting, imo. Printed signs for the protesters, gigantic TV things, buses to bring people from distant towns to the city for free. Rotten. All of this **** is paid for by Americans via the Iona instutute, it's sickening.

    The pro-choice side doesn't go without funding either tbh... Isn't Chuck Feeney a financial backer for them?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 959 ✭✭✭maringo


    Referendum results stand - that's unless they want another one. Roll on the legislation and get it sorted for once and for all. Looked to me that most of the heads in that demo wouldn't need to worry about having a heathy pregnancy/baby :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Freedom of speech, no harm done. Majority will win, a lot of people who would be pro life personally are also pro choice because common sense tells them that they don't have a right to dictate someone's life choices, which can be traumatic and difficult due to personal circumstances.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 518 ✭✭✭otto_26


    galwayrush wrote: »
    Freedom of speech, no harm done. Majority will win, a lot of people who would be pro life personally are also pro choice because common sense tells them that they don't have a right to dictate someone's life choices, which can be traumatic and difficult due to personal circumstances.

    Freedom of speech!! only if it's pro choice on here!! this site stinks of hypocrites...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    amazing what lies and free buses can do


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    Who did the counting? A pro life person may include babies on their side while ignoring them on the other or leave out a group of people standing over somewhere else, also this event was publicised as pro life so many pro choice wouldn't be paying attention. Ive seen both sides try to make themselves look better so dont take these numbers too seriously.

    Polls show pro choice is the majority ad that is what will matter in the end, not how many people a side could gather up and offer a free trip to dublin for when they had nothing better to do. Im starting to get fed up of these gatherings/pissing contests and wish we would just vote and shut up both sides.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Considering (despite the personal feelings of Enda Kenny on the matter) FG will probably bring in the smallest amount of legislation possible so that abortions can happen in limited circumstances - how will FG handle Terence Flanagan, a Dublin North East TD?

    What about him?

    He was part of that rally.
    He objects (religious reasons) to what FG is doing - but yet he is going to have to vote with the government - and if he don't will we see him kicked out, equally as punished as others previous that have defied the government?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,379 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Grayson wrote: »
    Really? Links?

    No official links on the numbers, but that's from talking to people who were present yesterday. Buses were running from a few towns in the North.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,660 ✭✭✭COYVB


    otto_26 wrote: »
    Freedom of speech!! only if it's pro choice on here!! this site stinks of hypocrites...

    I think you'll find freedom of speech is fine, it's people dictating how others should live their lives based on their religious beliefs where the line gets drawn.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭McSheez


    Yep, and if you look at all the pictures of it 90% of them are old bitter religious people, some even brought kids a long and made them hold up signs etc. Disgusting.

    From the photos I saw there was still a decent turnout of young girls, I can only hope that it's a lack of balanced information that brought them there and that they'll eventually realise what decade we're living. I think anyone who turns up to an Anti abortion rally with their kids needs a good slap. At least most of em will be dead in 20 years and our kids won't have to worry about this ****e.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    otto_26 wrote: »
    Freedom of speech!! only if it's pro choice on here!! this site stinks of hypocrites...

    Pro choice does not necessarily mean pro abortion, it means people can make up their own mind , make a choice that suits personal circumstances.
    Abortion won't be compulsary so no need for the millitant pro lifers to worry about it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom




  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    There is one small bit of good news:
    Organisers of the rally are planning to collect 100,000 signatures for a pledge never to vote again for Fine Gael if abortion legislation is introduced.
    http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/ireland/article1198096.ece

    So assuming that there will be legislation of some kind, where there be that many or even half not voting for FG?

    Great news!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,660 ✭✭✭COYVB


    galwayrush wrote: »
    Pro choice does not necessarily mean pro
    Abortion won't be compulsary so no need for the millitant pro lifers to worry about it.

    This is the most baffling thing about it. Bringing in a Pro Choice law for abortion would in no way change anything about the way Pro Life people go about their day to day lives. They'd still be against abortion, and that's absolutely fine, because nobody would force or encourage them to have them - that's where the CHOICE bit comes in. It's always really confused me how they don't get that.

    Allowing other people to do things that your religion doesn't allow doesn't have any affect on those who follow that religion. None at all.


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