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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21326221
I hope the report is damning. Just watching the news and reading about this on the internet one thing that strikes me is how recent it is and the fact there may well be people on here who have relatives (they themselves) affected by this.
I hope the report is damning. Just watching the news and reading about this on the internet one thing that strikes me is how recent it is and the fact there may well be people on here who have relatives (they themselves) affected by this.
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Utterly shameful.
The Catholic Church are doing the same things now in other countries from what you hear in the news, it's the things we don't hear that you worry about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magdalene_Sisters
Hmm must of gone to the same school as my dad.
I think you will find that the vast majority will now not tolerate the Churchs interference and will speak up about injustice and wrong doing ,
Really? what about the young Hindu woman who spent a week in an Irish bed a month ago and then died because she was refused treatment on religious grounds even though she was not a catholic.Women leave Ireland never to return by the hundreds after falling pregnant out of wedlock due to the shame and hostility they will receive even today. Nothing has changed as far as I can see.
And di you see the protests and rallies and support from the public and the outcry .NO more lieing down and taking it from the majority
Do you live in ireland ? What shame and hostility for single Mums ??? ? Not in my world , not in Dublin , not anywhere I know .
By the way that enquery has not published results yet as to the reason she was not offered a termination .I will await to hear the final results before commenting on it
Indeed. My girlfriend and I left Derry after she was disowned by her family for falling pregnant. Literally thrown out of the house. If they could have sent her to a laundry they would have. These attitudes have remained largely unchanged.
That story about the Indian woman refused life saving treatment made me ashamed of where I came from. They condemned her to death because she was just an incubator to them. Hell, even in most Middle Eastern countries that shit wouldn't have happened.
I welcome that day too , it has to come and the sooner the better for us all
I am very sorry to hear that .But they do not represent us all