An inconvenient trip
There’s Two Women Travel. You can just read their tweets, and the BBC has a story.
The description on their Twitter bio was simple: “Two Women, one procedure, 48 hours away from home.” But more than 40,000 tweets about their journey revealed a conversation that was far more complex.
The Twitter account @TwoWomenTravel was set up on Saturday by a pregnant Irish woman and her companion. It documented their journey from Ireland to the UK for an abortion.
Because of course they can’t get one in Ireland, still under the heavy thumb of the Catholic church.
As hundreds showed their solidarity for the woman and her companion, their actions gained attention from high-profile social media users like comedian and host of the ‘Late Late Show’ James Corden.
The bishops are not your friends, Ireland.
The bishops aren’t friend to anybody, not just Ireland. Least of all, they are not friend to any woman (or should I say pregnant person…no, Ophelia, please don’t hit me! I take it back!)
Nor are the rooks, or knights, friends of the pawns.
Oh sorry, I thought you were still discussing chess feeding. :p
But more seriously, it’s really hard to understand how those evil fools can have such influence. And get away with it, still, instead of being prosecuted for their actual crimes!
But some of my best friends are bishops!
@2 Rrr,
One explanation for the influence of the Catholic Church in Ireland is that it was one of the few Irish organisations that survived intact. After 800 years of occupation the English had subverted or destroyed most other Irish institutions. As a result the Church acquired a mystique that enabled it to maintain its pernicious influence into the 21st century. The Catholic Church in Poland played a similar role as it was virtually the only organization that resisted the Communist regime’s totalitarianism.