IRELAND
Liberation
By Jane Cutter
JUNE 12, 2014
If you want more proof that anti-abortion policies and politics have nothing to do with respect for the sanctity of life, look no further than Ireland and the recent discovery of the bodies of nearly 800 children in a septic tank at the site of a former home for unwed mothers.
Take a minute to think this over. Ireland, to this day, has some of the most restrictive policies on abortion in Europe. Since women are barred from having abortions, unwanted pregnancies are going result in many women carrying their pregnancies to term (obviously). For many years in Ireland, unwed mothers were sent to “homes” run by religious orders where they were forced to work and were separated from their babies. The so-called Magdalene Laundries were notorious for the abuse and virtual enslavement of thousands of women.
The children born to these women were kept in the homes as orphans and they too faced deplorable conditions, leading to a high mortality rate.
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