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  • Pro-Lifers React to News that Irish Government Plans to Fine for Praying Near Abortion Facility

    08/13/2022 6:39:13 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 10 replies
    The National Catholic Register ^ | 8/9/22 | Madeleine Teahan
    Pro-life campaigners and advocates for religious freedom in Ireland have expressed dismay following the news that the Irish Government intends to introduce fines and prison sentences for people who pray, hold signs, or try to persuade women not to have abortions while they are within the vicinity of an abortion facility. The proposed legislation would mean that individuals would not be allowed to express pro-life views within 100m of abortion facilities while also prohibiting silent prayer, the holding of placards, and any peaceful offers of alternatives to abortion. Pro-life activists have reacted by highlighting that there is no evidence that...
  • A defeat for free expression

    05/26/2008 4:13:27 AM PDT · by Clive · 4 replies · 123+ views
    National Post ^ | 2008-05-26 | (editorial page)
    It may be one thing for freedom of expression to be an object of controversy in Canada -- which is, after all, a somewhat tenuous experiment in democracy and federalism, one whose final shape and outcome may yet remain to be determined -- but it is quite another to see it tormented in Great Britain, the historical anchor of most of the liberties we take for granted. When Britain injures what the rest of regard as British principles, it is a source of particular sorrow. On May 10, a teenager protesting peaceably outside the London headquarters of the Church of...