Nigel Rodley, UN Human Rights Committee chairman and, right, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald in Geneva this morning
Nigel Rodley, UN Human Rights Committee chair says the issue of symphysiotomy has been “keeping him awake at night!
— Symphysiotomy (SoS) (@SoS_Ireland) July 15, 2014
UPDATE:
Minster admits that symphysiotomy was done without knowledge or consent of the woman!
— Symphysiotomy (SoS) (@SoS_Ireland) July 15, 2014
Minister does not respond to question by Nigel Rodley asking does the state accept symphysiotomy was experimental
— Symphysiotomy (SoS) (@SoS_Ireland) July 15, 2014
Watch proceedings at the UN Rights Committee in Geneva here
Previously: Meanwhile, In Geneva
Related: Fitzgerald told Ireland’s abortion law breaches human rights law (Kitty Holland, Irish Times)
We’re not being dragged into the 21st century here, are we?
What about our sovereign need to have someone to look down on? (unmarried mothers, poor people, working class, the sick, you know the type)
How can we satisfy our craving for middleclass-ness if these foreigners start interfering and leave us with no one to mistreat coz they’re below us???
Tough first few days on the job for Frances Fitzgerald. But I don’t have too much pity for her. I’ve yet to hear a word from her mouth that even resembles genuine sympathy with any of the victims of the plethora of human rights abuses listed here.
I think they need to stop using exclamation marks!
The symphysiotomy saga SHOULD keep people awake at night. It makes my stomach turn. The Catholic Church is morally bankrupt. I have no problem with people’s beliefs, but I think the Church should be dismantled.