Posted on 11/01/2018 9:48:08 PM PDT by OddLane
An Irish lawmaker was punished Thursday for voting to protect unborn babies from abortion.
Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín voted against his party last week on a motion to move a pro-abortion bill forward for debate. His party, Sinn Féin, required its members to vote pro-abortion instead of their conscience on the legislation.
For supporting the unborn rather than his party, Tóibín has been suspended for six months, The Irish Times reports.
Sinn Féin Whip in the Dáil Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD criticized Tóibín on Thursday when he announced the suspension and called his vote “a serious breach of the party’s rules,” Joe Ireland reports.
Tóibín responded that his suspension actually could mean expulsion because it may prevent him from running for re-election...
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The IRA is leftist
Sinn Fein is communist!
Pro life commie. Who knew they existed?
Not surprising bro.
Who knew there were members of Sinn Fein with a conscience?
As someone who was born from an Irish Catholic father I have no problem with the idea of a United Ireland. I do have a problem with Gerry Adams idea of what of that might look like.
The wheat and the tares will be allowed to continue to grow together until the wheat is harvested. Then, the tares will be burned to stubble. The waiting isn’t easy...
Ireland. Too bad. When I read the title I thought that maybe we’d have one more “R” to help us in America.
Mutual interest ping
He’d be wise to expect that he’ll have his kneecaps shot out.
As one who comes from hundreds and hundreds of generations of Irish Catholics...on both sides of my family...the decision is first up to the people of *Northern Ireland* and then,if they vote to break away from the UK,it's up to a joint vote (north and south) if there'll be any "merger".
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