Irish Dominican Group Defends UN Abortion Report Stance
26th Aug 08
A group run by the Irish Dominican Order has insisted that they do not support a call to legalise abortion in Ireland despite the fact that they are listed as endorsing a report calling for the move. The Dominican Justice Office (DJO), a joint initiative of the Dominican Sisters and Friars, is the only religious body on the endorsement list of the UN report on Ireland’s obligations under the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The report calls on the Government to “provide a legislative framework for the provision of safe and legal abortion in Ireland”.
However, Marian Tannam, co-ordinator of the DJO told The Irish Catholic, “The Dominican Justice Office in no way endorses the recommendation that the State should provide a legislative...
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