Past Due

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Although the government has recognized this as a widespread issue and made amendments to reform abortion laws, progress remains slow in comparison to other industrialized nations, considering that it is 2015 and Ireland remains the only country in the world to have a constitutional ban on abortion (O’Tool). Awareness of the social injustice is growing in Europe and has gained support from the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s as the majority of Ireland begs and protests for reform. Similarly, the point has been made quite clear that these women, many victims of rape and fatal fetal abnormalities, will have an abortion no matter the harsh legal offenses they are threatened with ("International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights"). Therefore, the law creates injustice. The only effect is harm, and this has recently been proven in every sense. Yet, the Irish government continues to reject the right of women to control their own bodies, when it is clear that they are interfering the female’s basic rights to personal wellbeing and healthcare. The concern towards this issue is globally prevalent and recognized, and with enough awareness Ireland could one day carry a legislature that does not treat women, UN Chairman Nigel Rodley states, “as vessels,” but as human beings (McTeirnan). For the mass of Ireland, this would be sanctioned as a legislation past due.

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