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IN A POINTED criticism over the recent Miss Y case, the Irish Family Planning Association has said the State is to blame for the ‘shambles’ of Ireland’s abortion law.
In an opinion piece published on TheJournal.ie this morning, chief executive Niall Behan said women who are pregnant and seeking asylum in Ireland find themselves “at the intersection of two state systems that deny them basic human dignity: the direct provision system and the law on abortion”.
Without specifically mentioning the recent controversial Miss Y case, where a young asylum seeker had a Caesarean section under the new law after seeking an abortion, Behan said the Irish Constitution needs to be changed to repeal two articles to clarify the situation for women and girls seeking abortions.
He writes that under the current law, the IFPA cannot make an appointment on a woman’s behalf or give her financial assistance. Instead, there are a number of NGOs and health service providers “almost entirely reliant on the goodwill and conscientious commitment of individuals”.
“And it is on these shaky and impermanent supports that the State relies to ensure that women can exercise their right to travel out of Ireland for an abortion,” he says.
There is no institutionalist system of state supports. Instead, there is a shambles, entirely of the State’s creation, an appalling derogation by the State of its duty to ensure women’s dignity and human rights.
He points to the difficulties for asylum seekers who need to travel to another jurisdiction but faces becoming “mired in paperwork” as well as costs “amounting to multiples of her weekly allowance of €19.10.”
He also cites the difficulties in getting an interpreter, if necessary, as well as the burder of organising and paying for the abortion.
“Some support is available for the costs of travel and accommodation. Some abortion clinics in the UK may sometimes waive their fees where a woman has no means to pay.
“But at each step, the woman or girl must expose a deeply personal and private situation to strangers”.
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At least the Chinese aren’t afraid to deal with them and they’ve clearly seen the negative affects of the Islamisation of Europe, ‘who loves ya baby’.
Definitely, China will not allow their people to be blown up or their towns destroyed by extremist idiots with nothing better to do with their life than spread hate and kill others.
Explain the ‘Islamisation of Europe’? Anyone?
Well what do you think it means Kevin and that might help me understand where your confusion lies ?
I simply asked a question. The reply was another question. Should I take that as an ‘I don’t know’?
Kevin I presume you haven’t been to the mainland or UK a lot.
Kevin, I am confident you have an opinion on what your own statement means.
Don’t be shy…please tell us
Again, a great bunch of lads
Job for em’, at least in a dictatorship shit gets done I suppose.
Well done the Chinese government, a zero tolerance approach to extremism is always the best way to go.
Good call, Japan is the same, zero tolerance of Islam. Islam has a zero tolerance of non islamics (infidels) so they should be treated with a similar contempt less we allow them use the West’s liberalism us.
What do they do in Japan Professor?
Plenty of red thumbs but no answers. This is what happens when you read jihad watch all day and don’t question anything.
They have a dim view of Islam and it’s antics
Oh I see…it’s frowned upon is it? Does that translate in to any policies that might be considered zero tolerance? Or do they just tut and shake their heads when they see Muslims ?
When will the persecution end!!!! We are the victims!! We are not allowed to kill blasphemers and immoral deviants!!! This is racism! This is apartheid!!! This is a violation of my human rights not being allows to fight for Allah. Allah Akbar!!!
Thank you China.Allah works in mysterious ways.
Better jihad than vegemite.
Jihad that coming..
More stuff for the take away
Jihad in black bean sauce
CIA sponsoring terrorism again.
What an idiotic comment. First, the CIA has little or nothing to do with China’s Muslims, and secondly one of the main aspects of the CIA is counter-terrorism, not supporting terrorism you muppet.
Do you believe Obama is a lizard too?
Seoirse, are you seriously suggesting that the CIA operate in China?
You are a complete fool.
Village phone: Ring Ring.
Villager: Hello.
The Journal: Hi we were wondering if you lost your village idiot.
Villager: Why yes we have.
The Journal: Is his name Seorise aka B.Lowe?
Villager: Why yes it is.
The Journal: We found him. He is talking all sorts of rubbish.
Villager: Yes he is well know for that.
The Journal: Can we send him back?
Villager: Err. We will have to think about that. Things have been pretty normal around here since he disappeared. Got to go now bye.
The tin-foil hat really suits you.
He read 2GB of ebooks 30,000 times? Must have been while sitting on his tractor. Those Hotan farmers sure can multitask.
The farmer uploaded them and they were then read 30,000 times. He didn’t read them 30,000 times himself…
Human rights groups tend to agree that China’s Islamist counter-terrorism is mostly cover to oppress the Uighurs ….but of course this story will get many more comments than the 6 on a story about Maoist group attacks in India (despite them being one of the most active terrorist groups in the world)
The fighting Islamic extremists propaganda is very effective in narrow minded readers of the Journal.
All ethnic Uighers were released from Gitmo when the US agreed that they have nothing to do Islamic extremism but are fighting for independence from China, as are Tibetans, it’s a local thing.
They are Turkmen people, not Chinese. Some of their ancestors are actually Celts, the western most Celtic language, Tockarian, was spoken in the Taklamakan desert in far western China. To this day, fair haired and blue eyed people are still found there.
I seem to remember the detonated several bombs during the Olympics, not near the Olympic sites but near the border to their region, it went generally unreported at the time
17 border guards were killed in 2008 by Uighurs that’s true. There are examples of oppressed people carrying out violent acts all around the world . Despite having large majorities in many areas Uighurs are excluded from applying for jobs most of which are reserved for ethnic Hans. They also get shot for gathering in illegal religious ceremonies (a dozen or so men in August) . Being shot for praying….is that the zero tolerance policy you would like to see?
The amount of Irish whinging about Islamic extremists threatening their values.News flash you live on an island so don’t get so wound up.
As much as good old catholic ireland might look like impervious to new ideas, trust me, ideas do come in to Ireland even if it happens to be an island.
Oh no, the big bad Muslims are going to get us!!!
China makes no apologies and deals with the issue head on.. Not like the limp wristed western pc greedy self serving populist politicians we have infecting our island ireland and the uk with ”islam means peace”,i literally couldn’t believe it when david cameron came out with that ”islam is peace ” statement after the woolwich killing..
Pc liberal leftist madness will not be an adequate defence to an evil twisted mysogynistic religion hellbent on death and destruction..
We must save ourselves and vote for right wing nationalist parties..Before it is too late..
Do you want muslim majority vote in ireland and shaira law,because i dont see enda kenny or labour standing in the way of that.. Do you???
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