tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post4454280847732181177..comments2023-07-06T10:55:44.311+02:00Comments on Attempted Essays: Ireland's Abortion Legislation MessFrancis Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-2107358684014390552012-12-10T03:14:58.256+01:002012-12-10T03:14:58.256+01:00Another excellent essay, Francis, one I've rea...Another excellent essay, Francis, one I've read before but haven't commented on until now. I think there's a tendency to view anyone pro choice as actively wanting more abortions carried out, which is nonsense. Nobody advocates abortion (nobody taken seriously anyway) and we would all be more comfortable if they didn't happen. But they do for various reasons - the world isn't perfect and people aren't perfect but the whole debate smacks of the religious right imposing their morality on everyone else.<br />susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-31429207370124295932012-11-27T19:36:53.423+01:002012-11-27T19:36:53.423+01:00It's a mad situation. One can hardly be '...It's a mad situation. One can hardly be 'pro-abortion' yet how can anyone deny such to a rape victim and so on - or any woman deciding she wants one? In vitro fertilisation brings even hardly moral judgement calls. Here one may have fertilised 6 eggs and only be able to implant one. I know what my practical solution is - but it isn't arrived at by clear moral reasoning or law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-28493739821677492682012-11-24T20:51:07.931+01:002012-11-24T20:51:07.931+01:00I shook y head in disbelief when I saw the story b...I shook y head in disbelief when I saw the story break. For 20 years Irish governments have had their heads in the sand.<br /><br /><br />I was in Ireland when the debate was going on re the 9th amendment and I couldn't believe the reactionary rubbish I was hearing... welI was 20 and my views were rather more strident then.<br /><br />Holy Ireland has taken a huge eating since then but I wonder how divisive even a minor legislative change would be even today<br />jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-74481404857077987022012-11-23T18:30:33.515+01:002012-11-23T18:30:33.515+01:00+Gina Duarte : Comments apparently working for me....+Gina Duarte : Comments apparently working for me. But then, it's <i>my</i> blog! :-)Francis Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-30311843875697284152012-11-23T18:28:47.906+01:002012-11-23T18:28:47.906+01:00Test. Checking to see if comments work.Test. Checking to see if comments work.Francis Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.com