Category: Ramblings & Rants
Victims feeling empowered to come forward is obviously important but have we the right systems and supports in place so that when people do this they know that their accusations will be heard and deliberated on in a way that is respectful both to the accuser and the accused?
There’s a lot of worrying things happening in many EU member states that I’ve been ignoring in hopes that issues would resolve themselves and – after Brexit – I felt a certain reluctance to talk about things that didn’t show the union in a good light.
It’s 2018 and I’m done with that.
Do we need world-wide agreed frameworks regarding how genetic engineering is undertaken in order to safeguard species (including our own) and ecological systems generally? And do we need an international body overseeing this work?
The 8th amendment to the Irish Constitution concerns the right to life of the unborn. At the moment women in this country who are seeking an abortion must travel outside of Ireland to get it.