Friday, July 25, 2014
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‘Change your laws’ Amend rules on abortion, UN tells Irish
15 die, 200 hurt in slaughter at Gaza Un school
A HUMAN rights watchdog has called on Ireland to revise its strict rules on abortion. The United Nations Human Rights Commission said limits on when pregnancy could be terminated were highly restrictive and lacked clarity on what was a real and substantive risk to a mother’s life. It wants the Constitution rewritten to allow for abortion and to deal humanely with cases of rape, incest, serious risks to the mother’s health and fatal foetal abnormality. The report dealt with 19 issues, including the failure to hold prompt independent inquiries into the Magdalene laundries, and treatment of victims of human trafficking. Irish Council of Civil Liberties director Mark Kelly said the report had identified ‘the ongoing failure in our law, policy and practice to respect the human rights, autonomy and bodily integrity of women’. The Pro-Life Campaign described the recent UN hearings on abortion in Geneva as a ‘charade’ and said its stance on abortion was ‘incredibly biased’.
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by Con doherty
Grief: Anguish: The grief-stricken father of a boy killed in the shelling cries out
Keep Dublin tidy – Please recycle this Metro Herald when you are finished with it
Israel was strongly condemned last night after its tanks shelled a UN school in Gaza, killing at least 15 people – mostly children – and injuring 200 more. UN secretary general Ban-Ki Moon said he was ‘appalled’ by the attack on the compound in the northern town of Beit Hanoun, which was being used as a shelter for Palestinian refugees. ‘I strongly condemn this act. Many have been killed – including women and children, as well as UN staff,’ he said. laila al-shinbari said families had gathered outside the building expecting to be evacuated. ‘all of us sat in one place when suddenly four shells landed on our heads. Bodies were on the ground, there was blood and screams,’ she sobbed. ‘My son is dead and all my relatives are wounded including my other kids.’
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