Eradication of a whole community
Who’s going to fix it?
And that’s fine
In the period before the referendum on repealing the 8th, Fianna Fáil TD Jack Chambers took some flak online for taking a pro-life stance. Things got ugly on Twitter, and the Dublin West TD eventually switched off his notifications. He supported a No vote in the referendum, but after the 8th was repealed, he voted […]
Move on
Compassion?
This week, a draft opinion from US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was leaked, which would – if its core remains as part of the final ruling – overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 decision which found that abortion was a Constitutional right. Cue absolute consternation, wailing and gnashing of teeth, not just from American abortion campaigners, but […]
Similar to US
On Thursday, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWC) launched its new toolkit to tackle abuse against women in politics, calling for political parties to take substantial action to prevent female politicians leaving public life. Given that Senator Sharon Keogan had, just the day before, resigned from an important Dáil Committee because she “no longer felt safe […]
Is that what you voted for?
Who are the real bigots?
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