Irish hierarchy dismayed after parliament passes divisive abortion legislation

[lizardley]

Under the new law, abortions may be carried out in Ireland when the mother’s life is deemed to be at risk, including a controversial ‘suicide clause’ which legislates for abortions to be carried out in response to the threat of suicide.

Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick was among those who reacted to the passing of the new law, outlining his concerns and highlighting the new ways that challenges can be brought against the bill. “People of course will say [the bill] is limited, but we know from the experiences of countries around the world that even with the most restrictive regimes of abortion once it is introduced it tends to expand dramatically,” he said. “That is our concern. We are very concerned, naturally, with the unborn."

Pro-life advocates claim that Irish politicians rushed through the legislation in light of the controversy surrounding the recent death of expectant mother Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar at University Hospital Galway and in spite of an inquest which found the laws in Ireland not to be at fault in her case.

Full report at: sconews.co.uk/news/29690/dismay-as-ireland-legalises-limited-abortion/

 

[_Abyssinia]

From BlueSapphire

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Church to challenge abortion Bill in courts

Author: Admin
Date: 9th July 2013

The Catholic bishops are set to challenge the Government’s abortion legislation if it is enacted, it has been confirmed.

Yesterday, the bishops published a briefing document which said that the Bill did not vindicate the equal right to life of the unborn which “provides grounds for a viable challenge to the Constitutionality of the Bill”.

And a spokesman for the bishops has confirmed that would challenge the legislation in the Supreme Court in the event of it passing into law, the Irish Independent reports.

The bishops plan to mount the challenge claiming the bill’s unconstitutional legislative process or its failure to adequately vindicate the equal right to life of the unborn.

Martin Long, of the Catholic Communications Office, said the bishops would await the outcome of the final vote before making a decision.

They will then see whether President Michael D Higgins consults the Council of State and refers the bill to the Supreme Court to determine its constitutionality. If it does not happen, the bishops will move ahead with their challenge, he says.

However, the bill will still become law in the meantime.

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[zz912]

Don’t know why they are “dismayed”. Have they been ignoring the complete implosion of the faith in Ireland?

And will they be issuing excommunications for those politicians that voted for this? (probably not, that would be “divisive”)

 

[YoungTradCath]

Let the Hunger Games begin.

 

[Slaney]

Don’t know why they were dismayed when many of the poor priest’s cut a rod for our backs with all the abuses, so now no room to moralize to anyone !

 

[Rosebud77]

Don’t know why they were dismayed when many of the poor priest’s cut a rod for our backs with all the abuses, so now no room to moralize to anyone !

Exactly so; To the general public the Church has lost all authority, credibility and right to speak on any moral subject.

The enormity of what was done here takes the breath away and still the religious orders, who are billionaires, refuse to pay for the abuse settlements. Yesterday we were called o boycott mass and refuse all collections as a protest.

 

[Midwest88]

Don’t know why they are “dismayed”. Have they been ignoring the complete implosion of the faith in Ireland?

No offense to the Irish on these boards, but maybe Ireland should focus more on the state of morality in their country, than say, beer as a pastime and how they always resort to “it’s part of our culture” to “I’ve been surrounded by alcohol since I was a kid!” Well, abortion is now definitely part of your culture. What’s your excuse?

(I say this because there’s this one Irish girl who loves to go to live concerts, and, ever since she turned 19 - that’s when the pics started to prop up - every time I see a picture of her at a concert she always has a beer in her hand. Every time there’s an alcoholic drink in her hand she either holds it closely to her, like she’s propping up a puppy, or she’s holding the cup/glass in her hand and making a stupid face like “Oh yea! Look what I got MY hand!” And this young woman is considered an “old soul” and “wise beyond her years” by the Irish press, and the entertainment press in general. I guess only when the camera is rolling is she such things.)

 

[Slaney]

No offense to the Irish on these boards, but maybe Ireland should focus more on the state of morality in their country, than say, beer as a pastime and how they always resort to “it’s part of our culture” to “I’ve been surrounded by alcohol since I was a kid!” Well, abortion is now definitely part of your culture. What’s your excuse?

Not sure what your getting at or from which part of the globe your coming from, but a beer and an aborted baby are hardly great comparisons.

Abortion has been part of the Irish culture for years with girls hopping on boats to that accursed land called England for those butchers who stole our land to kill our children.
The only thing now is protection of the mother which has been hijacked by abortionists, Irish girls have hopped on boats for years, so they should all, the docs & nurses be charged with murder. Anyone who voted for abortion is guilty of murdering defenceless little babies, Herodites they are…