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Irish women are tweeting about their periods to Taoiseach Edna Kenny to protest abortion laws | Irish women are tweeting about their periods to Taoiseach Edna Kenny to protest abortion laws |
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Ireland’s Prime Minister has been bombarded with live-tweets from women about their menstrual cycle to highlight the country’s restrictive abortion laws. | Ireland’s Prime Minister has been bombarded with live-tweets from women about their menstrual cycle to highlight the country’s restrictive abortion laws. |
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has received tweets about spotting, heavy flows and a series of other bodily functions as part of a campaign to repeal the eighth amendment of the Irish constitution. | Taoiseach Enda Kenny has received tweets about spotting, heavy flows and a series of other bodily functions as part of a campaign to repeal the eighth amendment of the Irish constitution. |
Equating the life of the foetus to the life of the mother, it criminalises abortion in Ireland. The country’s parliament rejected a proposed change to the abortion law to legalise terminations in fatal foetal abnormality cases in February. | Equating the life of the foetus to the life of the mother, it criminalises abortion in Ireland. The country’s parliament rejected a proposed change to the abortion law to legalise terminations in fatal foetal abnormality cases in February. |
Comedian Grainne Maguire began tweeting the Irish leader on Monday and the campaign has since gained momentum, with the #repealthe8th trending in Ireland. | Comedian Grainne Maguire began tweeting the Irish leader on Monday and the campaign has since gained momentum, with the #repealthe8th trending in Ireland. |
"We know how much the Irish state cares about our reproductive parts,” said Ms Maguire, arguing that it was therefore only fair to share the details with Mr Kenny. | "We know how much the Irish state cares about our reproductive parts,” said Ms Maguire, arguing that it was therefore only fair to share the details with Mr Kenny. |
Ireland was criticised in an Amnesty International report earlier this year which said that pregnant women risked putting their health and lives in danger if they remain in Ireland. | Ireland was criticised in an Amnesty International report earlier this year which said that pregnant women risked putting their health and lives in danger if they remain in Ireland. |
"Women who need abortions are treated like criminals, stigmatised and forced to travel abroad, taking a serious toll on their mental and physical health,” said Amnesty's Secretary General, Salil Shetty. | "Women who need abortions are treated like criminals, stigmatised and forced to travel abroad, taking a serious toll on their mental and physical health,” said Amnesty's Secretary General, Salil Shetty. |
She added that women’s human rights were “violated on a daily basis because of a constitution that treats them like child-bearing vessels." | She added that women’s human rights were “violated on a daily basis because of a constitution that treats them like child-bearing vessels." |
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