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Irish Abortion Ban Violates Women's Rights, European Court Rules
By not in system - AOL NewsDUBLIN (Dec. 16) -- Ireland's constitutional ban on abortion violates the rights of pregnant women to receive proper medical care in life-threatening cases, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday in a judgment that harshly criticized Ireland's long inaction on the issue. The judgment from the Strasbourg, France-based court will put Ireland under pressure to draft a law extending limited abortion rights to women whose pregnancies represent a potentially fatal threat to their own health. Ireland has resisted taking that step despite a 1992 judgment from the Irish Supreme Court ...
European Court Rules Irish Abortion Ban Violates Women's Rights
By not in system - AOL NewsDUBLIN (Dec. 14) - Ireland's constitutional ban on abortion violates the rights of pregnant women to receive proper medical care in life-threatening cases, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday in a judgment that harshly criticized Ireland's long inaction on the issue. The judgment from the Strasbourg, France-based court will put Ireland under pressure to draft a law extending limited abortion rights to women whose pregnancies represent a potentially fatal threat to their own health. Ireland has resisted taking that step despite a 1992 judgment from the Irish Supreme Court ...
Italy Fights Ban on Crucifixes in Classrooms
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(June 30) -- Italy went before a European court today to overturn a ruling that bans crucifixes from public school classrooms in a case that could affect how religious symbols are used across the Continent. The original lawsuit was filed in 2001 by an Italian woman, Soile Lautsi, who objected to crosses hanging on the walls of her sons' classrooms. She argued that Italy's constitution protects her children's right to a secular education. An Italian law dating back to the 1920s requires crucifixes in schoolrooms, but it's sporadically enforced. The European Court of Human Rights, sitting in ...
Nicaragua's Abortion Ban Is Inhumane and Backward
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyIn a move that ought to raise eyebrows even among pro-life groups, the Nicaraguan government is denying cancer treatment to a woman because she is pregnant. This is only the latest outrage in a country that has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world. ...
Does Ireland's Abortion Law Violate Human Rights?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyWell, Ria and Melinda, it looks like you aren't the only ones questioning whose rights are really at stake in the abortion debate. Yesterday, in a potentially landmark case, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, heard the case of three women seeking to overturn Ireland's strict abortion law on the grounds that it violated their human rights. ...
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