Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
Ireland's abortion ban under pressure
By  • 5 December 2016
President-elect Donald Trump has suggested that he’ll nominate U.S. Supreme Court justices that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that ended many abortion restrictions in the U.S. If he succeeds, some states might…
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After rape, Irish abortion ban led woman to U.K.
By  • 4 December 2016
"I could get up to 14 years imprisonment for having an illegal abortion. Whereas the maximum penalty my rapist could get is seven years." When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned many state abortion restrictions in…
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After Irish yes, Italy eyes gay unions
By  • 11 June 2015
Lawmakers lag public opinion in country with no civil unions, same-sex marriage After Irish voters overwhelmingly approved same-sex marriage last month, the next battleground in Europe is clear: Italy. Seventeen years after the Netherlands legitimized…
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