Doctors For Choice has  welcomed the Irish College of General Practitioners  support for abortion where there is a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother and for abortion where there are fatal foetal anomalies. 

Dr Mary Favier said 'I  welcome the friendly amendment requesting that clarity in law for doctors was passed in respect of the first motion on real and substantial risk to the life of the mother, and particularly welcome the ICGP support for abortion where there are fatal foetal anomalies'.

For the first time yesterday, the Irish woman who brought the ‘D versus Ireland’ case spoke out publicly about the “very real tragedy” that led her to take a case to the European Court of Human Rights.

In Jan 2002, she was 39, the mother of two boys aged 10 and 12, and delightedly expecting twins.

But, at 14 weeks’ pregnant, the initial results of an amniocentesis test revealed one of the twins had died.

Pro-choice activists in Ireland are risking up to 14 years in prison with a guerilla-style information campaign designed to help the estimated 11 Irish women per day who travel to Britain for terminations.

They are targeting cafes, pubs, clubs, gym changing rooms and public toilets with thousands of leaflets giving contact details for British abortion clinics as well as the price of terminations.

I linked to the piece below for another reason recently but I read something quickly that I wanted to come back to. It was this. The piece was about lad culture on our campuses and part of the piece discussed the so called "nice guys" who ostensibly object to this ladism. I was intrigued by what one of these "nice guys" said to the writer of the piece: confidence = promiscuity, tattoos also = promiscuity, and intelligence ≠ "sluttery" (or, put another way, being sexually active is somehow linked to low intelligence - in women).

Lisa Hallgarten, RHM Online Editor

In the wake of the tragic and preventable death of Savita Halappanavar, Irish politicians promised that this government would ‘not become the seventh to “neglect and ignore” the issue of the Supreme Court ruling abortion on the X Case’. 

Six months later the cabinet has proposed a Bill it says will not ‘change the law’ on abortion.

Yet again Ireland finds itself arguing the toss over the issue of abortion.

There is no doubt it is an emotive issue, and for that reason alone, I have always tried to avoid any discussion around this issue over the internet, until now.

For as both sides continue to put forward their side of the discussion, we seem to lose track of the fact that as each day passes, and we moralise in debate.......

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First I would like to start off by thanking you for creating a wonderful social networking site that brings people together with family, friends, and their community. It helps small businesses grow, and lets us create communities that suit our personal interests. We can spend time relaxing and talking with friends, or sit back and play some games with all the apps you have for us.  

To be honest at first I didn’t believe a lot of what Sarah was telling me. There was just too much bad luck, too many coincidences and too many instances of discrimination to have credibly happened to one person. Outrageous behaviour on the part of people like the HSE official Sarah claimed had told her it was her fault that her daughter was raped.