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offsite link Special Episode of the Sceptic: Charles Cornish-Dale on Testosterone Decline, How the Modern World I... Fri Jul 11, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
Special Episode of the Sceptic: Dr Charles Cornish-Dale on testosterone decline and the Last Men, how the modern world is making us sick and how to save the West.
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offsite link Britain ?To Lose a Pub a Day? as Labour?s Tax Raid Bites Thu Jul 10, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
One pub will close every day this year as Labour?s tax raid makes it "impossible to make a profit", with 33% of sales revenue now going to the taxman, the British Beer and Pub Association has warned.
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offsite link The French Handed the Migrants Over ? Then Asked for Their Life Jackets Back Thu Jul 10, 2025 17:56 | Will Jones
On the day Starmer and Macron announce their 'migrant deal', Nigel Farage is in the Channel to witness the French handing 78 migrants over to the British ? though not before asking for their life jackets back.
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offsite link No, 170 Londoners Didn?t ?Die of Climate Change? Last Week Thu Jul 10, 2025 15:38 | Will Jones
According to Imperial College and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 170 Londoners died due to climate change in last week's heatwave. But it's just more modelling make believe, says Ross Clark.
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Joint Statement: Pro-choice groups welcome government announcement and call for referendum

category international | gender and sexuality | press release author Wednesday December 19, 2012 20:18author by Elric Report this post to the editors

Speaking following the government announcement today that it intends to bring forward legislation and regulations on abortion, a broad range of pro-choice groups welcomed the call but said that the government must give commitments on the dates by which this will happen. The groups, which include Irish Choice Network, Choice Ireland, Action on X, Galway Pro-Choice, Cork Women’s Right to Choose and Doctors for Choice said that furthermore this legislation should only be considered a first step towards liberalising abortion laws in Ireland which must include holding a referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment to the Constitution.

Action on X spokesperson Sinéad Kennedy said;

“We very much welcome this announcement today that a legal framework for abortion in cases of a risk to the life of a pregnant woman will be introduced, including that of suicide. However we are concerned that there is no timeframe or implementation plan included with it. The Expert Group was originally created to delay matters and the government should not be allowed to drag their feet on the issue. This should be the first item of business on the Dáil schedule once they return after Christmas. It has been delayed twenty years already.

“Within the legislation that is produced, there must also be no curtailment of a woman’s right to access abortion on the ground that she is suicidal. We are aware that there are moves from some TDs to have this rolled back, however this is a constitutional right confirmed by the Supreme Court decision in the X Case and the European Court of Human Rights judgment in the ABC case. It must be delivered on.

Further commenting, Choice Ireland spokesperson Stephanie Lord said;

“The government announcement that it will introduce legislation for X is to be welcomed, however it is now time for the government to acknowledge the reality of abortion in Ireland. The next step should be the introduction of a referendum bill that will repeal the 8th amendment. It is inhumane that this has not happened before now. There are 4,500 women that travel overseas for abortion services every year, and many more that order pills online to induce abortions at home. Women have a right to make the best choice for them under their circumstances, and their right to health care must also be upheld. It is now time to introduce free, safe, and legal abortion on demand in Ireland.”

ENDS

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