Protests Surround Abortion Clinic in N. Ireland
The Marie Stopes clinic is operating well with the law of Northern Ireland, but protesters see it as a foothold for expanding abortion rights.
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Catholic Ireland Awaits Report on its Abortion Law
As Ireland undergoes a steep reported drop in religiosity, the isle of saints and scholars awaits a September report by a European rights court on the country’s abortion ban. The recommendations may sharply divide the coalition government.
‘Modesty Squad’ Faces Legal Scrutiny in Israel
State prosecutors in Israel are arguing the case of a woman who they say was attacked in June by an ultra-Orthodox ‘modesty patrol.’ The verdict, along with a related case, is expected to help define the legal parameters of religious vigilantes.
Irish Abortion ‘Journeys’ Avoided in Election
Ireland’s restrictive abortion ban causes thousands of women every year to “make the journey” abroad. Today’s general elections are not expected to slow that migration after politicians largely avoided the incendiary topic.
FGM Leads Nigerian to Plea for Daughters’ Asylum
Pamela Izevbekhai fled her native Nigeria for Ireland, hoping to save her two daughters from sexual mutilation, which killed a third daughter. Now she is struggling for asylum.
Bedroom Politics Are Not Presidential
When the governors of Massachusetts and New York both vetoed emergency-contraception bills, Caryl Rivers saw an inept play at national vote-getting. Most Americans, she says, want the government to keep out of the bedroom.
Women With AIDS Seek More Funds
In New York, 76 percent of adults living with HIV/AIDS are people of color, and women of color constitute 89 percent of female adults living with it. Advocates say services for these women and their children are dramatically underfunded.
Northern Irish Women’s Party Gaining Clout
For years, Irish women avoided divisive mainstream politics, working independently in their own communities. Today, however, women of all political and religious hues have a new, nonsectarian party: the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition.
