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A PRO LIFE Campaign poll has asked people their thoughts on whether they would support abortion as a response to a suicide threat, on certain grounds.
The Amárach opinion poll put a number of questions to 984 people last month, and was commissioned by the Pro Life Campaign.
It asked respondents to scale their support or opposition to abortion:
if it were clearly shown that abortion is not a suitable treatment for a pregnant woman with suicidal feelings.
Of the respondents, 60 per cent said they would be ‘very unlikely’ or ‘unlikely’ to support abortion on such grounds. Meanwhile, 40 per cent of respondents said they would be ‘very likely’ or ‘likely’ to support abortion in those cases.
Pro Life Campaign spokesperson Caroline Simons said that “the key issue is public information”.
She said that legislating for abortion on the ground of threatened suicide “shows complete disregard for the lives of women as well as for the unborn”.
Free vote
When asked about “constitutional protection for the unborn that prohibits abortion but allows the existing practice of intervention to save a mother’s life in accordance with Irish medical ethics,” 69 per cent were in favour with 31 per cent opposed.
Simons said that taken together, these polls “undermine claims that a broad consensus in favour of the Government’s abortion legislation actually exists”.
The poll also reveals 78 per cent support a free vote on the abortion legislation versus 13 per cent who said politicians should be required to vote with their parties.
Simons said that many Fine Gael TDs were “very anxious to get a free vote” but were “coming under extreme pressure from senior members of Government”.
“Several Fine Gael TDs we have spoken to in recent days are very upset and even distressed at the way they are being pressured to vote for the bill,” she alleged. “And their frustration is with the Government, not us.”
There are up to eight hours of debate on the proposed Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 being heard in the Dáil today.
True heroes, we need their sort here in o Connell street urgently please.
@Lance Taylor: Holy Three Cups Challenge!
@Lance Taylor: brillant, I bet they never saw it coming !
@Lance Taylor: but our courts would probably rule against them under entrapment and allow them to be counter sued
What’s the difference between batman and a shoplifter..batman can go into a shop without Robin .
@larry smith: b’boom..tish!!
Keep em coming. Guys that were caught are huge on bridges in Paris.
@larry smith: Years ago when everything in stores was individually priced,you’d have robbers going in with a price gun “Hand over all the cash,or I’ll mark everything down in the shop”
@j m m: and Berlin , they operate in gangs of 6 or more
@Donough Tierney: Not all of them. 6 of one,half a dozen of the others
Hand me the lighter Rodney…im trying to see if there’s any petrol coming through to the engine!
@Dan The Man: your cramping my style , your cramping my style
Our lads dress as Panti Bliss and Bambie Thug
@Exhausted Jim: Weak. Even for a troll like you.
@Jack Hayes: no wonder he’s exhausted………
Rodney you plonker
@Joe Beirne: A certain episode of Only Fools And Horses does come to mind!
@Joe Beirne: His name’s Dave,Derek
@Larry Betts: if it’s a girl they’ll call her Sigourney after the actress Sigourney Weaver, and if it’s a boy they’ll call him Rodney, after Dave.
@Alex Marquis: only fools and horses an absolute classic, the chandelier or tea for three two very funny episodes.
@Joe Beirne: Where’d you get those 4 aces Delboy?
Both should be deported back to Romania
Some heroes wear capes.
KERCHOW!
@Mary Linton: tell us the one about the crematorium again.
@Philip Kennedy: Why? There’s no need to dig up the past. Forgive me for my grave sense of humour
Names sound like good old Roma gypsy trash Ireland is also now full of those total S. C. U. M
@Deadman Walking: betting with gypsies on a shell game . Good luck with that . Olympic standard stupidity .
They went across the bridge to seek their arch enemies
Only 2!
Last time I crossed Westminister bridge I seen at leat 10 groups of minimum 6 apiece, can’t see this making any difference tbh
That is awesome!
Bring on the scammers’ solicitors who will hopefully point out this wicked form of entrapment that the defendants are being subjected to. Have the police no sense of shame?
hand me down the shark-repellent bat spray
This all sounds like a carry on movie spoof
Del! (Punches fist) let’s go!
Are people still falling for the 3-cups scam?
Brilliant
I suppose it’s better than taking to the roller blades.
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