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Curious as to why you "wouldn't have expected Ireland to be on this forefront". Not trying to sound accusatory - just genuinely curious on the perception.
by gearoidoc 11y ago
Curious as to why you "wouldn't have expected Ireland to be on this forefront".
Not trying to sound accusatory - just genuinely curious on the perception.
- DanBC 11y agoStuff like this (2014) http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/ireland-woman-forced-birth-denied-abortion http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/ireland-woman-f...
- gearoidoc 11y agoWithout doubt an issue that needs reform (which I believe is coming - there's a lot of campaigning around it). Would be surprised if many people outside the country knew about this problem though. Of course, its possible I'm wrong which is the reason I asked in the first place.
- paddyoloughlin 11y agoYeah, we're not any more progressive on that front at all. There's plenty of pro-choice activism here, but sadly, I believe Ireland still a long way from a civilised, non-hypocritical policy on abortion. I would love to be proven wrong about that.
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoThis is a test as to whether we can downvote a post that we've replied to. Nothing in this post is relevant to the discussion at hand, and no criticism of DanBC's point is implied by my downvote. He volunteered for this experiment.
- Geekette 11y agoFrom an outsider perspective, I viewed Ireland as somewhat socially conservative. "Somewhat" meaning that while a significant proportion of the population has liberal/progressive views, I felt that segment was less than majority, therefore unable to swing the vote on issues like this.
- aianus 11y agoThey still criminalize abortion over there. I definitely had the perception it was a highly religious and conservative country.