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What is your stance on abortion?

Abortion is a medical procedure resulting in the termination of a human pregnancy and death of a fetus. In 2013, the Oireachtas approved the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act which allows abortion to be performed on women whose lives are endangered during pregnancy. Proponents of abortion rights claim that since the 1970s more than 170,000 Irish women have left Ireland to have abortions and the ban is discriminatory towards women. Opponents of abortion argue that unborn fetus’s should be afforded the same rights as human beings.

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Response rates from 402 Ballina voters.

73%
Pro-choice
27%
Pro-life
65%
Pro-choice
20%
Pro-life
5%
Pro-choice, and providing birth control, sex education, and more social services will help reduce the number of abortions
6%
Pro-life, but allow in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the mother or child
2%
Pro-choice, but ban after the first three months
0%
Pro-life, and I also oppose abortion for victims of rape and incest
1%
Pro-choice, I don’t agree but the government has no right to ban it

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 @9NPFWRLanswered…6mos6MO

Abortion is murder and should be treated as such with the same punishment as murder therefore we news to legalise the death penalty for murderers and women who got an abortion

 @9KZLTFBanswered…8mos8MO

A woman has a right to abortion if she has been sexually abused or if birth control failed, banning abortion will only create a massive problem of unwanted children

 @97YKM2Hanswered…2yrs2Y

Pro-Life and then put child for adoption

 @9HRSCWPanswered…11mos11MO

Pro-life, even for victims of rape and incest, and provide financial and social aid for mothers in need

 @9F64JMFanswered…1yr1Y

They should do whatever they want for the baby

 @9ZBYDRM answered…2wks2W

Pro choice, pro abortion, it is absolutely no man’s business to even have an opinion on the first place. If men were the ones that were getting pregnant, abortion wouldn’t even be a debatable topic, they’d be happening all day every day.

 @9JNZJ3Kanswered…10mos10MO

I categorically support abortions because if they are banned it can lead to death in certain cases. I have in mind that if the life of a pregnant woman is in danger because of the poor development of the fetus or some other health problem and if abortions are prohibited, it can be dangerous. Every woman should be able to decide for herself what to do with her body. I STRONGLY SUPPORT ABORTION.

 @9H6K7V6answered…12mos12MO

There is very severe circumstances where abortion is nessesary, but I believe people shouldn’t forget it’s still murder. Life is being taken away from another human. It shouldn’t be governments decision what people do with their body but I believe abortion should not be idolised or promoted and the harsh truth of how devastating they are needs to be recognised. Abortions are a last resort and that option should be there for a person who feels they have absolutely no other choice. It’s worth noting that a pregnancy interfering on university or career is not a valid reason to end a life. Absolutely everyone in Ireland has access to the cheapest and most effective form of contraception- condoms

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…4wks4W

Kamala’s Warning: ‘Unhinged’ Trump Seeks Dictatorial Power in 2024

Kamala Harris has attacked Donald Trump for seeking “unchecked power” if he wins the White House again, placing what she described as his threat to American democracy at the heart of her closing argument to voters less than two weeks before the presidential election.In a rare statement from the vice-president’s residence in Washington on Wednesday, Harris attacked Trump for being “increasingly unhinged and unstable” and said there would be no “guardrails” to restrain him during a second term in office.Harris’s comments were a reaction to comments in The New York Times from John Kelly, Trump’s former chief of staff, who said the ex-president was an “authoritarian” who admired Adolf Hitler and fell into the “general definition of fascist”.“The bottom line is this: We know what Donald Trump wants. He wants unchecked power. The question in 13 days will be, what do the American people want?” Harris said in her brief remarks.The Democratic candidate was speaking before heading to Pennsylvania for a televised town hall on CNN, while Trump was campaigning in GeorgiaThe Trump campaign rubbished Harris’s comments as “desperate” and “easily disproven”.Polls put the two candidates in one of the tightest White House races in recent memory, leaving both vying for a closing message that wins crucial undecided voters.While President Joe Biden frequently referred to Trump as a threat to democracy before ending his re-election bid in July, Harris’s pitch had focused instead on defending personal freedoms, such as abortion, and economic benefits for the middle class, often dismissing Trump as unserious and bizarre.

 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2wks2W

Republican Heartland Embraces Abortion Rights Amid National Fight

Voters in seven states approved ballot amendments establishing a right to abortion in their state constitutions, continuing a broad repudiation of the abortion bans enacted since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.Missouri, which was the first state to officially enact an abortion ban after Roe was overturned in 2022, became the first state where voters ended a ban at the ballot box, with 52 percent approving the measure. A similar amendment passed by 57 percent in Montana, another Republican-controlled state. In two battleground states, Nevada and Arizona, measures to enshrine a right to abortion passed, with more than 60 percent of the vote for each.But the abortion rights movement also hit its limits, stalling in what had been a winning streak on ballot measures post-Roe, as voters in three Republican-controlled states, Florida, South Dakota and Nebraska, rejected amendments that would have established a constitutional right to abortion.Even as they hailed their victories, abortion rights supporters warned that the second Trump administration could use federal power to essentially invalidate the new state-level protections.President-elect Donald J. Trump boasted on the campaign trail of having overturned Roe — he appointed the three justices who helped swing the court majority. And anti-abortion activists have laid plans for a second Trump administration to use existing federal statutes to ban abortion pills, and to use the 14th Amendment to establish fetal personhood, which would effectively criminalize abortion at any stage of pregnancy. A Republican-controlled Congress could look to pass a federal abortion ban.Opponents of abortion rights looked at the results and saw victory. “Supported by the abortion industry and its allies, Harris and Walz campaigned with fanatical fervor on abortion — and the voters rejected them,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life.And Democrats who hoped that support for ballot measures would also lift their candidates to victory were largely disappointed.The groups backing the winning measures, however, said the victories even in states that went solidly for Mr. Trump were a clear signal that most Americans, regardless of party, age or gender, do not want the government restricting abortion.Republican Heartland Embraces Abortion Rights Amid National Fight

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