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Many states question Irish record on abortion at UN
Irish Times ^ | 05/11/2016 | Kitty Holland

Posted on 05/11/2016 4:51:29 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The rights of people with disabilities, access to abortion services and prisoners’ rights were most frequently raised at the United Nations in Geneva today, where Ireland faced questioning on its human rights record. […]

While six states — including Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden — had lodged advance questions on access to abortion services, the issue was raised by many more states at the session in Geneva, including Canada, France, the US, Lithuania, Macedonia, Switzerland, the Republic of Korea and Iceland.

Slovenia recommended Ireland “decriminalize abortion in all circumstances and, as a minimum, ensure access to safe abortion also in cases of rape, incest, serious risk to the health of the mother or fatal fetal abnormality”. …

(Excerpt) Read more at irishtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; babykillers; ireland; un

1 posted on 05/11/2016 4:51:29 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

What a GD joke.


2 posted on 05/11/2016 4:53:43 PM PDT by Impy (Did you know "Hillary" spelled backwards is "Bitch"?)
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To: Olog-hai

I think North Korea should be put in charge of human rights for this organization.


3 posted on 05/11/2016 5:02:37 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: Olog-hai

BBC: Abortion study: 25% of pregnancies (worldwide) terminated, estimates suggest.

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-36266873


4 posted on 05/11/2016 8:00:18 PM PDT by r_barton (GO TRUMP!!!)
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