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BeanPole
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As a confident liberal democracy, we are slowly starting to shake off the yoke of the Roman Catholic church in places like healthcare and education.
Is it now time to take the next step and liberalise our abortion laws to bring them in line with the rest of Europe, so that Irish women have the same right to control their fertility as other European women do?
Other predominantly RC countries, such as those in the Mediterranean, have few problems with this.
The arguments that banning abortion reduces the termination rate have again been proved false:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8305217.stm
Indeed, the countries with the lowest abortion rates, such as the Netherlands, are those with the freest availability of contraceptive devices, and the best sex education for their children.
Is it now time to take the next step and liberalise our abortion laws to bring them in line with the rest of Europe, so that Irish women have the same right to control their fertility as other European women do?
Other predominantly RC countries, such as those in the Mediterranean, have few problems with this.
The arguments that banning abortion reduces the termination rate have again been proved false:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8305217.stm
Indeed, the countries with the lowest abortion rates, such as the Netherlands, are those with the freest availability of contraceptive devices, and the best sex education for their children.