Safe and Legal December Newsletter
national |
gender and sexuality |
opinion/analysis 
Thursday December 21, 2006 20:07
by C Murray
Links to pro-choice sites and newsletter
The Safe and Legal Abortion Campaign has just issued it's December online
newsletter, so Putting the links in here.
The campaign held a series of fora and workshops in November including
a talk from Colombian Human right's Lawyer and pro-choice camapigner
Monica Roa.
The information on the activities and updated information on the pro-choice
lobby is available at the link ; www.safeandlegalinireland.ie
The information on Monica Roa's case in Colombia is at: http://www.womenslinkworldwide.org
Globally the issue of women's reproductive rights has become an issue in Poland, where
LPR are agigtating for constitutional change to restrict medical/therapeutic abortion.
In Nicaragua Daniel Ortega agreed to criminalise abortion, including medical abortion
one month before the Nicaraguan General election, this followed an intensive campaign
in that country by the Catholic Church.
The ongoing debate in Poland involves those Twin Pillars of moral authority; the Church and State
which continue their disection of the morality of abortion, without reference to the fact that
medical abortion and right to choice is essentially a woman's issue.
In this country, we prefer to pretend that the need for medical abortion is non-existent, thus 'export'
our women and children to the UK for the procedures.
Info on the fora and workshops held in Dublin is in the Newsletter, there will be a further
series of events organised by Alliance for Choice sometime in the New year.