NI abortion law 'breaches human rights'

[Guy Profumo]

Exactly what it says on the tin.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-34963159

[Duncan Gardner]

NI abortion law 'breaches human rights'

Hear hear

[Guy Profumo]

NI abortion law 'breaches human rights'

Duncan Gardner wrote: Hear hear

Next up for the NIHRC, marriage equality?

[dalliance]

NI abortion law 'breaches human rights'

The one, solitary, minor downside is people seeking out an opinion on this matter from that harridan Bernadette Smyth.

[Guy Profumo]

NI abortion law 'breaches human rights'

dalliance wrote: The one, solitary, minor downside is people seeking out an opinion on this matter from that harridan Bernadette Smyth.

Who?

[dalliance]

NI abortion law 'breaches human rights'

She's head of a pro-life group called Precious Life who harass women and staff at Marie Stopes clinics.

[Guy Profumo]

NI abortion law 'breaches human rights'

Sorry.

I meant "Who are the people seeking her opinion?"

[dalliance]

NI abortion law 'breaches human rights'

The media. I notice she is quoted on the BBC report as a starter.

[Guy Profumo]

NI abortion law 'breaches human rights'

dalliance wrote: The media. I notice she is quoted on the BBC report as a starter.

"Starter"?

Is this more opaque political slang to describe one particular sub-set of the anti-choice brigade?

[Diable Rouge]

NI abortion law 'breaches human rights'

More to the point, the Janus nature of SF is once again exposed, calling for a Southern referendum, but in no hurry to breach the Northern consensus on the issue.

[Bored Of Education]

NI abortion law 'breaches human rights'

Bloody right. If they want their own medieval laws, there is a country quite close that they can join up with.

[Sam]

NI abortion law 'breaches human rights'

Northern Irish abortion law as it stood before this ruling was somewhere on a par with Argentine abortion law. Argentina's had a female president for the last eight years, remember. She's against legalising abortion.

The incoming president's government will include one chap who believes contraception and abortion are the root causes of bad morals and AIDS. Last I heard he was being touted as health secretary.

[Duncan Gardner]

NI abortion law 'breaches human rights'

They've a way to go to match Cristina's achievements, but soon both the big two parties in NI will have female leaders: Arlene Foster and Mary Lou McDonald.

Don't expect any sudden lurches towards anything progressive, particularly from La Foster. On Fat Boy Nolan's show recently she threw a hissy fit when he asked if she'd attend one of her children's (notional) gay wedding.

[delicatemoth]

London-Irish Abortion Rights Campaign are looking to take the UK government to court for having done fuck all about this. They are raising funds to do so and you can donate here:- https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/nowforni/

[Duncan Gardner]

Good luck to the campaign

[delicatemoth]

And you can swiftly email your MP to tell them to back the amendments - https://bpas.eaction.org.uk/NIabortionamendments

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

I see a friend of mine is one of their qc's.. They should just agree with her now, because they're going to wind up agreeing with her eventually, and it will save time.

[Lang Spoon]

So Abortion and Gay marriage to be legislated for by Big Govt if Eyebrows and Michelle can't get a concord on by October. Fun times.