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Wednesday February 06, 2008 18:39

by C Murray

Political Interferences abound

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/feb2008/spai-f06.shtml

The first abortion rights issue that I was involved in was a press-statement forwarded
by some polish activists who asked for dissemination of a petition to do with an
amalgamation of three far right parties which included the LPR, PiS and
another group. They had hoped to change the Polish constitution (article 38)
to 'protect life from the moment of conception'. During the ensuing parliamentary
debate and rucus, the tri-partite union who had attempted to force the issue
down throats split ;and Poland was found in breach of Human Rights Articles
in relation to the Alicia Tysiac case.

This was followed almost immeadiately by the Nicaraguan presidential election
wherein Ortega signed unto a Roman Catholic Sponsored ideology of banning
all abortions including medical/therapeutic which I have to say deeply dissappointed
a Columbian activist Monica Roa who had come to Ireland to address The Safe
and Legal Forum.

The Nicaraguan situation showed quite plainly an overt interference in the human
rights of both the woman and child in relation to rights and knowledge and safety.

The first legal abortion in Columbia in 2006 was performed on an 11 year old rape victim.
One of the last legal abortions performed in Nicaragua was performed on a nine year old
child.

Monica Roa had suceeded in forcing constitutional change in Columbia through
a high-class litigation, http://www.indymedia.ie/article/79749

Poland and Nicaragua: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/79311

This latest decision to overtly interfere in an election utilising an outdated
morality which refuses to look at the issues that effect girls from the onset
of their reproductive lives and shows yet again a complete inability by the RC
orthodoxy to grasp the issues of basic human rights pertaining to the right
of the child to have a childhood, education and places of safety. The whole
area of medical-legal issues in relation to women's rights in abortion is
not investigated at any level approaching intelligence ,where continuity of care in a
post-abortion scenario is neglected because it is something that we do not
talk about.

The newswire is full of links to Choice who have worked incredibly hard over
quite a period to have these issues discussed in a climate where a woman
health minster has not approached the issue of regulation in relation to
misinformation from rogue agencies and where a woman in Ireland may not
safely get access to full care and support in abortion issues and must leave the
jurisdiction to access services that are available to women all over the world.