Sexual abuse and harassment seem to be on the increase in Ireland, particularly among young women. This is also certainly contrary to the expectation that as Ireland becomes more ‘open’, ‘tolerant’ and ‘liberal’, levels of sexual abuse would decline. A new major survey by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has revealed that 21pc of women...
Women are not being made fully aware of the risks that can be associated with abortion pills, a conference organised by Bios Centre in Britain has been told. Over the phone consultation adds more danger to their use. The same applies here in Ireland where 133 “adverse incidents” related to abortion have been reported by...
When President Joe Biden addressed the Joint Houses of the Oireachtas yesterday, he mentioned the word ‘dignity’ no fewer than seven times, asking the assembled politicians to “Name me another country, in whatever their language is, that use the word ‘dignity’ as much as we Irish use the word ‘dignity’.” In fact, what he did...
The number of pregnancies ending in abortion in England and Wales reached a record high in 2021 of 26.5pc, according to a new report. In the case of married women, just 10.4pc of pregnancies ended in a termination, versus 35.8 pc among unmarried women, a difference of three and a half to one. Those figures...
Nineteenth-century liberalism sought to establish a regime where humanity would be freed from the restrictions of tradition, religion and social structures. That vision proposed the liberated individual as the supreme model and controller of personal destiny. It advanced the dream of a super-industrialised society that would facilitate that freedom so that all could be whatever...
Professor Richard Rex of Queens’ College, Cambridge, addressed The Iona Institute and the Notre Dame Newman Centre for Faith and Reason in University Church last Wednesday night (March 22). His topic was ‘Europe and the Faith’, borrowing the title from Hilaire Belloc’s book of the same name. Professor Rex discussed the past, present and future...
Fertility rates are declining almost everywhere, and we are not recognising the dramatic consequences for future generations, a new documentary highlights. But the documentary comes up with a rarely recognised reason for what is taking place, namely that many women who want children find for various reasons that their wish is not fulfilled. Over the...
Sadly, the UN system has become contaminated with a far-left radical liberalism that is grounded in the sexual revolution and aggressive gender ideology that has no limits, especially within the education system. This was on full display over the past two weeks when the Commission on the Status of Women held its 67th Session at...
A new worldwide poll survey shows how much social attitudes across a whole range of issues differ by country. It also demonstrates, unsurprisingly, that Western countries are moving in a more liberal direction all the time, although a sizable enough minority of people with more traditionalist views remains in most of those countries. Starting with...
RTE’s new Upfront programme a couple of weeks ago dealt with the topic of Relationships and Sexuality Education, and in particular how secondary school pupils should be taught about porn. For those not familiar with these debates, it will have been an eye-opener. Viewers are likely to have been shocked by the testimony of some...
