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Thousands protest in Ireland to liberalize abortion laws
Christian Science Monitor ^ | November 17, 2012 | Jason Walsh

Posted on 11/17/2012 4:57:33 PM PST by Olog-hai

Thousands gathered on the streets of Irish capital Dublin today to demand liberalization of Ireland’s stringent anti-abortion laws.

The street protest, the second the city has seen in three days, was called in response to the Oct. 28 death in a Galway hospital of Savita Halappanavar, who was pregnant and reported to the hospital complaining of severe pain. She was reportedly refused an abortion, and died after complications during a miscarriage. Her widower, Praveen, says they was told this was because Ireland was “a Catholic country.”

The death has sparked outrage across Ireland—and the world. One headline in an Indian newspaper’s online edition accused Ireland of murdering Ms. Halappanavar. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: abortion; aprovinceonceagain; eussr; ireland
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They are all slaves to leftism there today. So much for an independent Ireland.
1 posted on 11/17/2012 4:57:38 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
With what women go through in Islamic countries I have a hard time taking the western media seriously as they launch this latest 'civil rights' crusade in Ireland.

Cowards, tools & hypocrites.

2 posted on 11/17/2012 5:00:33 PM PST by skeeter
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To: skeeter

And where was the similar outcry for the women killed from abortion?


3 posted on 11/17/2012 5:04:56 PM PST by JCBreckenridge (They may take our lives... but they'll never take our FREEDOM!)
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To: Olog-hai

We’ve come a long way since the 60s. Everybody wants to be baby killers these days. It used to be a slur. Now, everybody wants to kill the innocent. It’s a Fluked up world out there with the commies and their retarded followers running it.


4 posted on 11/17/2012 5:05:18 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (We need Comprehensive Election Reform, NOW!)
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To: Olog-hai

Sorry for your loss, Praveen.

If you don’t like a country’s culture and it’s laws why did you move there?

If I move to a moslem country and my daughter is mutilated by these animals, I am not free from some degree of responsibility.

Moslem country’s culture and law are well known. Irish culture and laws are also well known.

I am sorry for your loss, but guard against those who would exploit it.


5 posted on 11/17/2012 5:10:17 PM PST by Ray76
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To: Olog-hai

My Motherland has gone down the toilet.


6 posted on 11/17/2012 5:12:26 PM PST by EEGator
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To: Olog-hai
On this other FR thread
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2960561/posts
there's a good article by Phil Lawler about the Irish sitution. The bottom line is that neither Irish law nor Catholic morality would have prevented the doctors from doing what was needed to save this woman's life.

Why they didn't catch the septicemia and treat her with an antibiotic on Day One is beyond me. She died of "medical malpractice," not Catholic morality or Irish law.

BTW Ireland has the lowest maternal mortality of any counry in the world. A fact that ought to be more widely appreciated.

7 posted on 11/17/2012 5:14:10 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Point of information.)
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To: JCBreckenridge
Abortion is some sort of sacrament to the left. I haven't figured out its purpose yet.

Maybe its intention is to dehumanize the innocent and desensitize a formerly compassionate people in preparation for God knows what.

8 posted on 11/17/2012 5:14:31 PM PST by skeeter
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To: Olog-hai; All

Everyone who advocates for abortion needs to step up and off themselves. I mean, seriously. Why is YOUR life any more special than the life of an aborted child? If you’re ‘pro-death’ start from where you are standing and make a difference! P*ssies.

I’ll be in my bunker cleaning my guns...


9 posted on 11/17/2012 5:16:21 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Ray76

And please don’t construe my comment as equating moslem countries with Ireland.

The once civilized countries in islams thrall stagnated within a few hundred years of its arrival. Ireland is civilized, a Catholic stronghold in Christendom.


10 posted on 11/17/2012 5:17:00 PM PST by Ray76
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To: Olog-hai
The death has sparked outrage across Ireland—and the world

I think this is called "manufacturing the narrative."

11 posted on 11/17/2012 5:18:44 PM PST by PGR88
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To: Olog-hai

Women seem to always bow to Satan.


12 posted on 11/17/2012 5:19:17 PM PST by bmwcyle (Women reelected Obama)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Thanks for the details. I figured it was something like that.

Abortion is NEVER necessary to save the life of the mother. There are a few very rare situations where the baby may end up dying because of medical treatment, but the Church does not consider those to be abortion. For instance, if a woman has cancer and needs radiation or chemotherapy to survive, a secondary effect of that treatment may be to cause a miscarriage. But that is not considered to be an intentional abortion. And some heroic women have freely chosen NOT to have their cancers treated in order to bring the baby alive into the world, giving their lives for the sake of their children. But that is not required by the Church.

Abortion to save the mother’s life is just a weasel-worded liberal lie.


13 posted on 11/17/2012 5:25:35 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Olog-hai

I don’t see why anyone thinks they can trust the MSM anyhere these days


14 posted on 11/17/2012 5:28:23 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

BTW Ireland has the lowest maternal mortality of any counry in the world. A fact that ought to be more widely appreciated.

STAND STRONG IRELAND FOR LIFE, NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT.


15 posted on 11/17/2012 5:43:39 PM PST by TomasUSMC ( FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM)
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To: Olog-hai

Abortion is evil, and satan leads the “pro-choice” movement. I truly believe this.


16 posted on 11/17/2012 5:44:48 PM PST by LifeComesFirst (http://rw-rebirth.blogspot.com/)
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To: Olog-hai

Cultures which devalue reproduction vanish.


17 posted on 11/17/2012 5:46:17 PM PST by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com)
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18 posted on 11/17/2012 5:48:11 PM PST by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: bmwcyle

Yet it was men who made abortion legal.


19 posted on 11/17/2012 5:50:41 PM PST by donna (Pray for revival.)
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To: bmwcyle

I am a catholic woman of some irish descent. no negotiations. no grey area. abortion is murder and obama is evil.


20 posted on 11/17/2012 6:06:07 PM PST by Donnafrflorida (Thru HIM all things are possible.)
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