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Irish PM received letters in blood
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jun 12, 2013 10:38am |
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| Author | Padraic Halpin |
| News Date | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | DUBLIN - Ireland's prime minister said he has been sent letters written in blood and branded a murderer by opponents of his government's plans to allow limited access to abortion, an issue that has polarised the country for decades.
Enda Kenny's government agreed draft legislation in April to allow for limited access to abortion where a woman's life is in danger, including the threat of suicide, following months of protests from both sides of the debate.
After some 40,000 people massed outside government offices in Dublin on Saturday in the largest anti-abortion demonstration in traditionally Roman Catholic Ireland's history, Kenny delivered a trenchant defence of the government's plans.
“I am now being branded by personnel around the country as being a murderer, that I am going to have on my soul the death of 20 million babies,” Kenny told parliament on Wednesday, detailing how he had been sent items of Catholic regalia and threatening messages. |
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