Ireland Government Rejects UN Call to Legalize Abortion

[FrankRep]

Ireland Government Rejects UN Call to Legalize Abortion


Life Site News
3/15/12

The Irish government is drawing praise from pro-life advocates for rejecting a call from the United Nations and UN member states to legalize abortion.

The Irish Government’s decision to reject recommendations made by a number of UN member states for Ireland to legislate for abortion “recognizes the reality that Ireland is the safest country in the world for women to give birth” the Pro Life Campaign (PLC) has said.

Last October, the Irish government appeared before the UN Human Rights Council as part of the Universal Periodic Review process and rejected calls made by six countries for Ireland to legislate for abortion. The countries were Holland, Germany, Denmark, Slovenia, Norway and Spain.
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SOURCE:
http://www.lifenews.com/2012/03/15/i...lize-abortion/

[tod evans]

Good for Ireland!

I'm glad they have the balls to stand up to UN.....

Be nice if the US did.

[Notice] No comment on the abortion issue

[moderate libertarian]

Ireland is a Christian majority nation, highly doubt they would do it.

[Czolgosz]

Sanctions or cronyism, something will be used to get them to comply. Everybody folds.

[Lishy]

I'm pro-choice, but I respect their sovereignty.

[Pauls' Revere]

I'm pro-choice, but I respect their sovereignty.

+ rep (for respect to self-determination)

[eduardo89]

IIRC, Ireland and Poland are the only two EU countries that haven't fully legalized abortion. Spain liberalized its abortion laws a few years ago under the disgusting socialist, feminist, atheist Zapatero government.

Germany's Constitutional Court ruled that from the moment of conception a new human exists with the right to life, but....that the government could chose not to impose penalties of people who abort before 12 weeks. So basically you're a human, with the right to life, but if someone murders you it doesn't matter. Sickening.

[Republicanguy]

IIRC, Ireland and Poland are the only two EU countries that haven't fully legalized abortion. Spain liberalized its abortion laws a few years ago under the disgusting socialist, feminist, atheist Zapatero government.

Germany's Constitutional Court ruled that from the moment of conception a new human exists with the right to life, but....that the government could chose not to impose penalties of people who abort before 12 weeks. So basically you're a human, with the right to life, but if someone murders you it doesn't matter. Sickening.

Athiest and socialist = disgusting?

Is nearly everybody here who replied here a man? You want to say that to a woman who has been raped and doesn't want to keep a child because of that? Read some facts on the Kosovan women who killed the children they gave birth too because of war rape. There is even an article published in the Guardian back at the end of the century on one woman's troubles.

[Hyperion]

Athiest and socialist = disgusting?

Is nearly everybody here who replied here a man? You want to say that to a woman who has been raped and doesn't want to keep a child because of that? Read some facts on the Kosovan women who killed the children they gave birth too because of war rape. There is even an article published in the Guardian back at the end of the century on one woman's troubles.

Hardly justification for legal abortion and killing a beating heart. For whatever reason the extreme cases always get brought up.

Socialism is disgusting.

Oh yeah, good for Ireland.

[Voluntary Man]

Athiest and socialist = disgusting?

Is nearly everybody here who replied here a man? You want to say that to a woman who has been raped and doesn't want to keep a child because of that? Read some facts on the Kosovan women who killed the children they gave birth too because of war rape. There is even an article published in the Guardian back at the end of the century on one woman's troubles.

Let me 'splain something to you, that you apparently haven't figured out yet, my confused brother:

Despite the myriad labels, there are only two philosophies of government, Coercionism and Voluntar[y]ism.

Coercionism is the idea that people can and should be forced into unilateral social arrangements, "for the good of society" (or whatever other nonsense is being peddled that generation).

Voluntar[y]ism is the belief that all societal structures, whatever forms they may take, must be entered into and maintained by mutually voluntary consent.

So, you wanna live in a commune? That's wonderful....but you can't force anyone else to live in your commune, or to contribute it its subsistence.

Got it?