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Abortion Referendum

SusanB-M1 said:
45 years ago, I was in hospital (in London) and there were two young women in the same room. From their conversation, I realised they were both there for their second or third abortions. Better every time to have a properly supervised procedure rather than one not properly supervised.

And, as has been said above, a foetus is not the same as a baby.
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Can I nominate you for Queen of the Planet?

The world would be such an infinitely improved place if you were.

I bow (as always) to your sheer brilliance!


3point14 said:
Not the father?
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I think there's only been one case where the "father" carried the child, so other than him, the father can go cry to his mummy.

dudalb said:
And I would love to hear theatheist definition of a theocracy.
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Start a thread. If I see the hand of god in the constitution, I'll call it a virtual theocracy. USA too, or maybe you hadn't noticed a pledge they have stating "One Nation under God"?

MikeG said:
.......and I've got the feeling that most participants in this thread are men.
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Bloody perceptive.

Thankfully, Susan makes up for it: her wise old female head against an infinite number of middle-aged blokes, she wins every time.
 
Darat said:
This got me wondering. There seems to be some push back that a woman shouldn't have an abortion for "trivial" reasons, yet to me that is exactly what should be happening. If we have someone who would if they could have an abortion because they are going on holiday in a couple of months and they wanted to wear a bikini on the beach and drink themselves silly, I don;t want that person to have a child!
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That is an extremely good point.
 
The Atheist said:
Start a thread. If I see the hand of god in the constitution, I'll call it a virtual theocracy. USA too, or maybe you hadn't noticed a pledge they have stating "One Nation under God"?
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The Pledge of Allegiance is not in the US Constitution and the "under God" bit is a relatively recent addition to separate the US from the Godless Commies.
 
Out of interest, who is eligible to vote in this referendum? Can all Irish citizens vote or only those who are in the country? Is there an application process to vote?
 
angrysoba said:
Out of interest, who is eligible to vote in this referendum? Can all Irish citizens vote or only those who are in the country? Is there an application process to vote?
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There's a good summary here:

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government_in_ireland/elections_and_referenda/voting/registering_to_vote.html


Key parts:

In order to vote in an election or referendum in Ireland, you must be registered to vote. Being registered means that your name has been entered on one of the following lists:

- The main Register of Electors
- The Postal Voters List.
- The Special Voters List
- A supplement to one of these 3 lists
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To be eligible to be included in the Register of Electors, you must:

- Be at least 18 years old on the day the Register comes into force (15 February)
- Have been ordinarily resident in the State on 1 September in the year preceding the coming into force of the Register.
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The type of election you can vote in depends on your citizenship. The following people are eligible to vote:

- Irish citizens can vote in every election and referendum
- British citizens may vote at Dáil, European and local elections
- Other EU citizens may vote at European and local elections*
- Non-EU citizens can vote at local elections only.
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Trebuchet said:
Is TBD taking The Onion seriously here? Enquiring minds want to know.
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This seems to be the case. No irony smilies? TBD must be taking it seriously.

Now that this article has been introduced to the debate, I would really like to hear it supported.
 
angrysoba said:
Out of interest, who is eligible to vote in this referendum? Can all Irish citizens vote or only those who are in the country? Is there an application process to vote?
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Irish citizens living within the state, unless overseas on official government business.
 
The number of people here taking an The Onion article seriously tickles my funny bone in all the right places
 
lionking said:
Oh? Is that post off topic then? What point does it (try to) make?
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It is satire, and like many things, good satire (like The Onion) contains a kernel of truth, here being the reference to Recreational abortion enthusiasts.

It is fine if you did not understand the reference, it was subtle.
 
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