Staying In On Wednesday?

BBC Reporter Alys Harte

Abortion: Ireland’s Dirty Secret.

On BBC3.

Ireland Stand Up writes:

This programme follows 24 year-old Tara as she travels to England for an abortion as well hearing from Sarah, who turned from being pro-life to a campaigner for change, after her first child was diagnosed with a fatal foetal abnormality.

[Reporter] Alys Harte believes these voices are a sign that the stigma surrounding abortion is lifting. But she is also struck by the determination of a new generation of pro-life activists, who want to retain the status quo. Gemma, 16, believes some people think it’s fine to have casual sex as they can just have an abortion, an attitude she doesn’t want in Ireland.

Alys hears from a consultant obstetrician working in Belfast who says that her advice to patients is clouded by fear. In Northern Ireland, doctors can be jailed for life for performing illegal abortions. The government even issued draft guidelines that threatened NHS staff with ten years in prison if they didn’t report suspicions of unlawful abortions to the police.

With unprecedented access to both pro-life and pro-choice campaigners as they take to the streets in both Belfast and Dublin, Alys Harte reveals the extreme lengths that young people are prepared to go to in order that their voices are heard in the debate.

Abortion: Ireland’s Dirty Secret on BBC 3 at 9pm.

Meanwhile…

SDLP compromise on abortion. http://t.co/C6mzYvoYWX

— Newton Emerson (@NewtonEmerson) February 2, 2015

Northern Ireland abortion laws case granted judicial review (BBC)

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32 thoughts on “Staying In On Wednesday?”

Rep February 2, 2015 at 3:29 pm

Abortion on demand, free, without term limits is the only solution.

Tony February 2, 2015 at 3:46 pm

Wow. Right up to just before birth, or what?
1. Dubloony February 2, 2015 at 3:50 pm
  
  Its what they have in Canada.
  1. sickofallthisbs February 2, 2015 at 4:16 pm
    
    They also have snow in Canada – you don’t see me out protesting for more snow, do ya?
2. Jane February 2, 2015 at 3:58 pm
  
  Yes, right up to before birth if necessary. Now, you might need to have a little wonder to yourself why exactly a woman to whom abortion is available at any stage of her preganncy might choose to abort shortly before her due date (since most of the personal, physical and financial consequences will still apply if she waits to that time), but it’s probably not some kind of dumb, inexplicable, animalistic evil.
  
  Look at me, preempting the results of your deep thoughts! You’ll probably come to your own conclusions.
  1. Dubloony February 2, 2015 at 4:05 pm
    
    In reality, most in Canada are carried out under 6 weeks, with very few happening after 19 weeks.
  2. Tony February 2, 2015 at 4:09 pm
    
    Fair play. How about when they come out? You could easily set up some kind of yoke to snuff them then. Not a guillotine. That would be sick. More like an injection of paraquat or an electric shock.
    1. Mani February 2, 2015 at 4:27 pm
      
      Marty Morrissey and Des Cahill will be covering that in a show called ‘Up for the Hatch’
    2. Dubloony February 2, 2015 at 4:34 pm
      
      I guess complexity is a bit beyond you.
    3. Tony February 2, 2015 at 5:05 pm
      
      I suppose you’d favour the bit of complexity yourself? Maybe some class of spring-loaded Iron Maiden crib that impales them a few hours after they’re born? Or waiting till they’re a few months old then ‘accidentally’ backing a car over them? Not saying the simple way is better than your way. If it was me, I’d keep it simple, that’s all.
  3. Rowdower February 2, 2015 at 4:10 pm
    
    My Nephew likes to act up a bit, I think the threat that I can have him legally killed up to his 18th birthday would be a good incentive to behave.
    1. sickofallthisbs February 2, 2015 at 4:15 pm
      
      Filed under OMG, LOL.
postmanpat February 2, 2015 at 3:49 pm

Freebortion? E-bortion? http://www.ebortion.co.ni?
Padi February 2, 2015 at 4:44 pm

Heavily subsidised contraception I would support.

Orlita February 2, 2015 at 3:30 pm

Will there be any way to watch this online in Ireland?

Bejayziz February 2, 2015 at 3:40 pm

Download Hola (takes 2 seconds) and watch it on BBC i Player
1. Orlita February 2, 2015 at 4:48 pm
  
  Cheers!
Slightly Bemused February 2, 2015 at 3:41 pm

If not you could try using a VPN service that will make you appear to be in the UK. Interesting article on it and links here: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/features/internet/3497781/best-free-vpn-services-of-2015-in-uk/
Trapper February 2, 2015 at 3:53 pm

It’s available through FilmOn (http://www.filmon.com/channel/bbc-three) too.
1. Lorcan Nagle February 2, 2015 at 4:09 pm
  
  Is Filmon back streaming UK TV then? I tried them just before Christmas and all the channels they had were giving “not availible outside the UK’ messages
Orlita February 2, 2015 at 5:21 pm

Thanks guys!

Louis Lefronde February 2, 2015 at 3:33 pm

One day Ireland will catch up with the rest of the civilised world…?

sickofallthisbs February 2, 2015 at 3:41 pm

Thank you for pointing out how uncivilised we are, Mr Frenchman! Why don’t you tell us that Cuisine de France bread isn’t actually from France?
1. Joe the Lion February 2, 2015 at 4:06 pm
  
  It isn’t?
  1. sickofallthisbs February 2, 2015 at 4:11 pm
    
    Je voudrais un baguette avec baked beans sil vous plait. Et bacon. Et pudding. Et sausages. Et hash brown. Et, la piece de resistance! Un egg frite!
    
    Voila monsieur! Ah, merci – vive la France!
    1. Joe the Lion February 2, 2015 at 4:21 pm
      
      Tu as mangé bien!
Mani February 2, 2015 at 4:12 pm

All of those involved in the Vichy government been brought to justice then? How about those involved in slaughtering Algerians and fecking them into the Seine? That was all sorted right?
1. Joe the Lion February 2, 2015 at 4:23 pm
  
  Yes. They had a big soirée there last year on the Rive Gauche and afterwards everyone went to Moulin Rouge (Paris Coppers) and got gee-eyed.

Clampers Outside! February 2, 2015 at 10:14 pm

When’s the Abortion App coming out, and what’s with Apple dragging their heals on the iBort… I hear it’s like a Swiss army knife with twirling blades and a pouch that inflates out of nowhere like a passenger airbag.

Sure it could be done on the bus to work and leave pouch in the recycle bin before ya made it in.