Pro Life Ireland have released the video above, in response to the launch by Amnesty International of its report, entitled She Is Not A Criminal: The Impact Of Ireland’s Abortion Law.
Earlier: A Deliberate Denial Of Care
Download Amnesty’s report here
Filling time with gratuitous repetition.
Filling time.
With gratuitous repetition.
Ireland's abortion laws are some of the toughest in the world. Time to change: http://t.co/jB92Hi8QZC #Repealthe8th pic.twitter.com/0ekKMhCjTw
— Amnesty UK (@AmnestyUK) June 9, 2015
An Amnesty UK campaign launched today.
The DARPA Robotics Challenge, set up after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, aims to ‘accelerate the development of robots that can respond to man-made or natural disasters’.
This year, a transforming Korean bot won the $2 million prize.
Hurray!
Now here’s a montage of the robots that fell over.
Amnesty: Ireland’s restrictive abortion law forces at least 4,000 women & girls to travel at considerable mental, financial & physical cost
— Claire Brock (@ClaireBrockTV)
#Amnesty report author says Ireland’s abortion laws are the worst she’s seen in terms of deliberate, denial of care pic.twitter.com/3LVPO5Tavl
— Claire Brock (@ClaireBrockTV) June 9, 2015
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Amnesty Intl Sec General says Ireland is the only country in the developed world where they’ve had to launch #sheisnotacriminal campaign
— Claire Brock (@ClaireBrockTV) June 9, 2015
“Ireland should change the law to allow women and girls access to safe, legal abortions. Pregnant women and girls risk putting their health and lives in danger if they remain in Ireland, Amnesty International said today in a report on the country’s abortion law.”
“The report She is not a criminal: The Impact of Ireland’s abortion law documents shocking cases of Irish authorities denying women and girls necessary healthcare in order to prioritize the life of the foetus – which is protected by an amendment to Ireland’s constitution added in 1983.
Only allowing abortion if the woman’s life is at risk, Ireland’s abortion law is one of the most restrictive in the world, forcing at least 4,000 women and girls to travel outside the country for an abortion every year at considerable mental, financial and physical cost. Women and girls who cannot travel are left without access to necessary health treatment, or risk criminal penalties if they undergo illegal abortions at home.
Read the full report here
Ireland’s abortion laws treat women like criminals (Amnesty International Ireland)
Ireland’s abortion regime ‘violates human rights’, says Amnesty (Kitty Holland, Irish Times)
Saturday, June 13
Dalymount Park, Phibsborough, Dublin 7
€10, 2pm.
Nialler9 writes:
Less a gig, more a party, Olé Olé is a Pitchside party taking place in Dalymount in advance of the Scotland vs. Ireland [European Championship football qualifier] game with DJs from some of Dublin’s finest clubs including Hidden Agenda, Burnin Up, the Building Society, Nightflight and more. There’ll be BBQ from the Big Smoke, drinks promos across two areas and of course, the match….
A few headline figures from the Rape Crisis Network Ireland’s National Rape Crisis Statistics report 2014 – released today.
Funding for the RCNI ended ten weeks ago.
Towards the end of the report, the RCNI says:
“The data collection system used to collect the experience of survivors, supporters and communities in this report and all RCNI research reports has been defunded by the Irish State since April 2015. Without immediate intervention this unique resource which provides a solid evidence base for reducing levels of sexual violence will no longer be available.
This resource cannot be replicated by the State given the level of non-disclosure of sexual violence. The impact of this government decision will be that survivors who have been made visible to the State through this resource will become invisible again.
Losing this resource means creating an avoidable gap in our understanding of sexual violence where already we struggle with silences and lack of data. This loss will negatively impact attempts to reduce levels of violence in our society.”
There you go now.
Related: Rape support network loses its funding (Caroline O’Doherty, Irish Examiner)
The ‘Homeless Jesus’ sculpture outside Christ Church Cathedral’
‘Good Helen’ writes:
Maybe I woke up on the right side of bed, I dunno, however I thought if I can try and get some kindness out there to help others then that’s what I’Il do on this fine sunny morning.
Today – show one act of kindness to homeless people. I’m not asking to give over money or even in fact spend money. You can get something from your kitchen press needs be.
I am sceptical at the best of times to hand over money to a homeless person – reason being, I know some of them are using drugs/drink and I’d personally prefer not to be giving them the option of using it on that. So this morning, I simply asked a homeless guy if he would like something from the shop I was going into – answer was a huge YES. He was starving. A latte and pastry later and he was very happy and very much appreciative of the gesture.
What I’m asking is, If just a few people went up and asked when they were going in to buy their lunch if a homeless person was hungry and if they would like you to buy them something in the shop. It’s simple to walk past and go in and buy your lunch and go back to work. But just a little step over to the left or right and a little question to be asked might make this guy or girl’s day.
I would really love if Broadsheet would maybe put this up to see if this could maybe catch on today. I’m sure as its broadsheet there will be a lot of smart arse comments and I really don’t care. If one person even decides to do it that is all that matters to me.
FIGHT!
Anyone?