Protest for X Case legislation Dáil 6 pm 28 November. (1 Viewer)

[Psycho Punk]

Protest for X Case legislation Dáil 6 pm 28 November.

NEVER AGAIN. Make the government hear us - Call for legislation for Savita on Wednesday November 28 at 6:00pm, Dáil Kildare Street.

The Dail Debate will be broadcast live outside. We need to make the government hear us - we need to keep the pressure on.

Clare Daly has reintroduced legislation on abortion that was rejected in the Dáil last April with a correction she said Minister for Health James Reilly had recommended. She said the debate had really highlighted how “inappropriate it is to have in our Constitution a clause that equates the life of the unborn with the life of the woman. That is the root of this problem.”

The legis lation will be debated on 27 & 28 November and the vote will take place on Wednesday night, 28 November.

Text of Bill: http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/bills/2012/10312/b10312d.pdf

 

[Psycho Punk]

Legislate for X - Campaign Update

More than 16,000 people participated in our online e-mail campaign Legislate for X since its start at the beginning of November. More than 68,000 e-mails were sent to TDs from all constituencies urging them to make legislation for X a government priority. The majority of e-mails were sent in reponse to the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar in Galway University Hospital.

The Expert Group on Abortion report is due to be discussed at Cabinet this week. The coming days are of critical importance in sending your TDs a clear and unambiguous message that the time for action is now - Legislate for X. We cannot allow another woman to die like Savita Halappanavar.

Here are a few ideas on what you can do to support the Legislate for X campaign.

1. Participate in our online e-mail campaign and write to your TD if you have not done so already.

2. Talk to your friends and family and ask them to take part in our online campaign.

3. Ring or visit your TD. This will be even more effective than sending the e-mail.

4. Share the link www.nwci.ie/takeaction on social media platforms.

5. Participate in any public marches being organised around the country.

Please also check out this link: Why we need legislation for X and not only regulation

http://www.nwci.ie/news/newsflash/2012/11/26/legislate-for-x-campaign-update/

 

[Psycho Punk]

Attempts at intimidation fail.

""Important Cobh meeting [tonight] on abortion rights

In the wake of the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar a meeting will be held in the Commodore Hotel Cobh tomorrow Wednesday 28 November at 8pm.

The Commodore Hotel has received phone calls from anti-abortion activists threatening to campaign for a boycott of the hotel for allowing the meeting to take place. But management at the Commodore has said there should be freedom of speech and has refused to be bullied. The meeting will still go ahead at 8pm [tonight]."

Meeting speaker Mary Favier of Doctors for Choice, is an acknowledged expert on this question. We look forward to a good discussion at the meeting and will not be intimidated by threats. Women in Cobh like everywhere else in Ireland should have a right to choose."
http://www.irishchoicenetwork.com/news-and-events.html

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

“inappropriate it is to have in our Constitution a clause that equates the life of the unborn with the life of the woman."

Wouldn't that mean a referendum and not legislation is required?

 

[Psycho Punk]

Wouldn't that mean a referendum and not legislation is required?

Indeed. Anything beyond the X Case ruling will require a referendum.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Why is it being referred to as the X case?

 

[ann post]

Why is it being referred to as the X case?

because naming the lady involved wasn't cool because she was a teenager.

 

[Jerry Twig]

I know why that was called the X case, but my question is why is that being applied to the current case?

 

[Psycho Punk]

I know why that was called the X case, but my question is why is that being applied to the current case?

The legislation under discussion is based on the X Case ruling by the Supreme Court.