Recent referendum in RoI

[IWalkLikeHimaMartian]

...in that election the DUP did badly because a lot of Unionists didn't vote due to a political scandal involving the DUP...

Really? I thought the righteous were above that sort of thing?

 

[JohnD]

Yes I agree that is a matter of opinion as to whether a woman should be allowed to kill her unborn child, a lot of people believe a woman should have that right others don't.

Once the child is born however, neglect and cruelty in a "care" home may soon see it thrown into an unmarked mass grave without a second thought. "Religious principles" aren't worth a sht.

 

[IWalkLikeHimaMartian]

Once the child is born however,

Or sold.

 

[IWalkLikeHimaMartian]

The above result has to be put into context, in that election the DUP did badly because a lot of Unionists didn't vote due to a political scandal involving the DUP however at the General election the DUP got it's biggest ever vote.

It looks like the DUP are going to take a right bashing at the next election unless they reconsider their righteous attitude:

Thousands of people have taken part in a rally in Belfast calling for the legalisation of same-sex marriage.
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK and Ireland where same-sex marriage is still illegal.
The last time MLAs debated it a majority voted in favour but the DUP blocked the move using a petition of concern.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-44342595

 

[JohnD]

I suppose Theresa will have to offer Sinn Fein a billion pound bribe to buy their support.

Or she'll be gone herself.

 

[Notch7]

Maybe then, but 2.5 years ago the world was a different place.
Now the make up of the Assembly has changed substantially:
DUP 27
SF 27
SDLP 12
UUP 10
Others 14

That is 40 Unionists, 39 Nationalists and 11 others.

It was then (Feb 2016) 56 Unionists, 43 Nationalists, and 9 others.

I thought the DUP held 28 seats?

 

[IWalkLikeHimaMartian]

I thought the DUP held 28 seats?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly

 

[IWalkLikeHimaMartian]

It looks like there might be a way forward, in the Supreme Court to impose a change of law in NI on the illegality of abortion.
The very recent case brought by NI Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) was rejected by the court on a technicality, i.e. the case should have been brought by a woman with a pregnancy due to a sex crime, or with a fatal foetus abnormality, not by an organisation.

The challenge to the law was brought by the NIHRC but, on Thursday, judges said it would have required the case to have been brought by a woman who was pregnant as a result of sexual crime or who was carrying a foetus with a fatal abnormality.
As a result, the judges did not make a formal declaration of incompatibility, which would normally lead to a change in the law.
Any change in the law will now be up to the politicians, either in Belfast or Westminster.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-44395150
Perhaps this ruling alone will be sufficient to force a change in the law without the need to put a pregnant woman through the necessity of a court case (possibly another court case as a result of a sex crime).