ExpandSat Jul 2 2022 - 20:49
“Bye Bye Roe Hello pro-life future” read many of the placards being handed out by organisers as the rally got underway while a young woman with a megaphone grew hoarse as she encouraged marchers with the chant “Roe v Wade is overturned, come on Ireland it’s your turn.
The Irish 2018 referendum resulted in the repeal of the Eighth Amendment — which had placed a constitutional right to life on both the pregnant woman and the foetus. The subsequent the Health Act 2018 came into force in 2019 and allows for terminations up to 12 weeks gestation and later in circumstances such as a risk to health or if there is a fatal foetal abnormality.
The leader of Aontu Peader Tobin, a former member of Sinn Fein, said that in the wake of the overturning of Roe v Wade the “tide is starting to turn” as he compared the anti-abortion groups to the “abolitionists who brought the slave trade to an end” in the US.Ahead of the rally the Catholic Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh Archbishop Eamon Martin described recent developments in the US as “hopeful and encouraging”.
Shout out to pro-life Catholics
Stay out of womens business our bodies our autonomy its not so long ago women had to be churched after giving birth how demeaning and crazy was that again dictated by men in the church how dare they treat women like they were somehow tainted by giving birth
After the long winded homily today, Lets see if you now have the courage and faith to stand in your pulpit and denounce the politicians and others who promote and condone the murder of infants by abortion. Will you refuse the sacrament of the Eucharist to these anti-Christ's
We're not going backwards. Treat it like you treat newborns in septic tanks and ignore it if you don't like it.
the head of the paedo church still wants to control women's reproductive rights even thought the sight of a vagina would frighten the life out of this trash
Hmmmm.....🤔 what do we know about the RC Church and their care for mothers and babies...
It is the complete opposite of hopeful and encouraging, not surprised the Catholic church is on the wrong side as usual. Savita Halappanavar.
Hanging with Fascists is a bad look Padre
Is that so, you like it so much, go live there cos we sure as fuck won't be changing anything like those shower of fucks
Tax the church
What a contemptible little man
Shame!
I'll tidy that up: 'Speaking ahead of a forced pregnancy march the male head of a patriarchal religious organisation applauds case that permits denial of bodily autonomy for women'.
Thankfully it will be a cold day in hell when the catholic church has any influence over this state again. This country came out of that darkness and we ain't going back.
Did you ask about the bodies in Tuam? Bodies of children, born in the care of the Catholic church, the women who were brutalised in their care ... if you didn't ask what is this a fluff piece?
Why do we always need to hear the catholic church’s view?
Just another blind bigot. I refuse to leave my church to pharisees who ignored rape of children, persecuted Irish women for century. Pontificating on womens body rights plus right to safe termination we all voted for -overwhelmingly. Then he supports rally with racists+fascists?
Whatever about his view on abortion aligning with the forces of hate and evil in the US is a very low point for the Church in Ireland. Questions need to be asked by political parties of church agenda here.
Arch redneck.
The church ruled over women for long enough never again
They really are trying to shrink their cult, that any politician would open the most divisive debate in modern Ireland, is frankly another fantasy
I’m sure the Catholic Church cared so much about the youth when they were raping and abusing them, absolute hypocrites
You'd think he and the likes of him, representing an institution that has oppressed women for so long, would maybe just keep quiet on this.
From a man who'll never have kids anyway 🤔
Why the fixation of religious people on women, their rights and sex. Whether its celibacy or covering up women? The fixation on sex and sexuality is mad.
We need to get to a point where the opinions of religious lunatics is not considered.
Is ROI returning to theocracy status?
Unlikely he ll need an abortion.
Men who talk to fairies in the sky should have their opinion treated accordingly.
What makes him think he can make decisions for wormen. My body my choice
Has anyone have a clue why church attendance is down?
This virgin wont have to worry anyways the fool
Evil scum
I highly doubt he'll be forced to carry a child to term against his will in America so he might consider shutting the whole fuck up
From the leader of a church that raped, enslaved and sold these “unwanted” children. Where is the right to life for their victims?!
We repealthe8th! The country voted, you don't like it...
No one understands what the overturn of Roe v Wade means and it's both hilarious and exhausting.
Does nobody else find it ironic or hypocritical that the Catholic Church have gone from murdering babies in Ireland and trying to cover it up, to now being front and centre in trying to 'save the babies'?
Maura2e2_ Let me know when you get pregnant from rape and.. oh wait, that can't happen to you. Mind your own goddamn business. The law here is clear. Keep your meddling theology to yourself.
Maybe have a wee bit of context next time on exactly what happened last time we let the Church in Ireland have this sort of power over women's bodies? Just a thought.
The issue in 1973 wasn’t abortion, as Roman Catholic hierarchy would brand it, but A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO PRIVACY, a woman’s right to choose. Conservative Justices then decided (7-2) in favor of women based on the 14th amendment, Section 1. So shall it be again.
Never not at it Religion any excuse to control people Imagine if we started putting laws on men and their reproductive organs If you get mad about abortion you will freak out when you hear what men get up to when they are alone and the potential life they throw down the tissues
Who cares what he thinks?
I strongly suggest Archbishop Eamon Martin should never have an abortion. He should never get pregnant and he should never be forced to give birth. The absolute fuck trumpet!
Tuam babies. Magdalene launderies. Ryan Report etc etc. suffer little children
and then Father Martin wonders why the church attendance keeps on sliding downwards. You don't even have to support women's reproductive rights to understand that outlawing it is dangerous.
Peodo protector gives his thumbs up for more suffering and unwanted babies. There, I fixed your heading.
We voted, it wasn’t close.
What's 'hopeful and encouraging' is seeing more and more churches being redeveloped for something useful, like housing.
Great numbers Well done 👍👍
Go home Eamonn. It’s not your decision.
I would imagine many of the events occurring in America are very encouraging for certain groups worldwide.
Religion. A pox on all our houses.
He wasn't the only speaker, but he's a great scapegoat, blame the Catholic church, Ordinary people walked in that gathering and all are pro life,
Dreaming of his human puppy farms and the millions he can make from the good old child trafficking days.
After the introduction of birth pills in the late 1970s, Ireland's economy started booming. Not saying there's a causation between a growing economy and giving women the rights over their wombs, but there's a strong correlation. If anything in this housing crisis, forcing women
Hopeful and encouraging for who .. a cabal of male celibates ?
The church is still in the dark ages...
Why are you re-sharing this shite multiple times in a day?
Well done Archbishop
Everything you need to know about the Catholic dictatorship
Catholics really need to join the 19th century one day
Force them to be born then throw them in a septic tank or rape them. That’s what the church does.
Why are you sharing this for like the 8th time today?
encouraging is my dick
And all the bots are online since
Let’s go back to the halcyon days of FFG in perpetual power and turning a blind eye to industrial scale abuse.
A lot Nasty salty far-left loons commenting 😂
Vile misogynist Vatican again
We voted to repeal the 8th. End of.
Gives them more power to rape children.
Pro Life Rally, Pro Life Rally RallyforLife
Utter gombíns.