Press release by The Iona Institute Government’s surrogacy guidelines must not ‘split’ motherhood or exploit women November 25, 2011 Justice Minister Alan Shatter is planning to issue guidelines next month concerning the issue of surrogacy. Indications are that the guidelines will adopt a very permissive attitude towards the issue and ignore the major ethical concerns...
Press release by The Iona Institute Iona Institute welcomes decision by European Court of Human Rights on Assisted Human Reproduction 3rd November, 2011 THE IONA INSTITUTE welcomes today’s ruling by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights that the Austrian law banning the use of donor sperm or eggs for In Vitro...
Press release by The Iona Institute New poll reveals public is split in attitude towards the Catholic Church Forty-seven percent view the Church unfavourably, but 46 pc say Church teaching is still of benefit to society November 3, 2011 A NEW POLL commissioned by The Iona Institute shows that the public is split in its...
November 1, 2011- A CLEAR majority of the public overestimate the number of Catholic clergy who are guilty of child abuse, a new Amarach Research poll commissioned by The Iona Institute reveals. The most authoritative estimate to date, conducted in the United States, puts the true number of accused priests at 4 percent. (See note...
UN’s Universal Periodic Review of Ireland’s human rights record reveals ‘ideological bias’
Press release by The Iona Institute Iona Institute welcomes education forum but asks Minister Quinn to respect autonomy of remaining denominational schools March 28, 2011 The Iona Institute today welcomed the setting up by Education Minister, Ruairi Quinn of a forum to examine the handing over of some Catholic primary schools to new patrons. However,...
Easier access to Morning-After-Pill will not reduce unwanted pregnancy rate says expert
New children’s rights amendment must not give State sweeping powers of intervention in families
