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Feminism has “derailed” into a self-entitled, ‘our turn at the wheel,’ hateful and illogical organization,” said one Irish teen, who, like many of her classmates, prefer to be identified as an “equalist.”
In “A Day in May,” journalist Charlie Bird interviews those impacted by legalizing same-sex marriage in Ireland. Here, Rebecca Murphy recounts her experience of coming out.
The Department of Health has said that the new guidelines only clarify existing abortion laws and there’s been no change in the role nurses and midwives have played in abortion since the 1980s. But activists are trading punches through the press and social media.
A retired female tennis pro sees nothing wrong with players such as Maria Sharapova and the Williams sisters using “all their assets.” Younger players, meanwhile, rave over some of their outfits. But a trainer regrets the trend in exposing more flesh.
Ireland’s Katie Taylor knows that the payoff or publicity won’t be great when she breaks the gender barrier and enters the World Series of Boxing this fall. But she’s ready for the challenge. “I really embrace it,” said the sport’s female world champion.
Irish lawmakers voted to allow abortion in limited circumstances for the first time in the Ireland’s history. Chile’s president Sebastian Pinera said he admired a young girl for continuing her pregnancy, which was a result of rape.
When I interviewed two Irish nuns in February it was a big story because it was the first time any nuns had commented on the abusive Magdalene Laundries run by four Catholic orders. Nothing since then makes a reconciliation with victims look likely soon.
Ireland’s cabinet has approved a change that would permit abortions to save the woman’s life. In Egypt, the majority of women have experienced some form of sexual harassment.
The high mortality rates of pregnant women in India are a big topic of policy concern. But what about Ireland? An Indian woman just lost her life there because of that country’s criminalization of abortion. At home her life would have been saved.
The death of an Indian woman who was denied an abortion in Ireland has triggered protests worldwide this week and renewed the debate over the country’s strict abortion laws.