Could you vote for a candidate that supported abortion?

The_Minister

I saw a poster for this at the bus stop today. Anyone know anything abiout it?

billy the squid

Any idea who the poster was put up by? was there an organisations name on it?

joolsveer

The_Minister wrote:

I saw a poster for this at the bus stop today. Anyone know anything abiout it?

Have you a photo of the poster?

Dirk Gently

smells like csp.

brianthebard

Yeah I could

Zaph

I don't see how this is even an issue.

Saruman

I would be more of the opinion " Could you vote for a candidate that did NOT support abortion?"

_Kaiser_

Saruman wrote:

I would be more of the opinion " Could you vote for a candidate that did NOT support abortion?"

Exactly

ateam

Yes.

brianthebard

zaph wrote:

I don't see how this is even an issue.

Its not unless your a CSP member.

Seth Brundle

Given that abortion (under certain circumstances) is legal in Ireland and our politicians support the law, you could make the claim that they all support abortion.

Owen

Most definitely yes.

Gobán Saor

AFAIK, it's illegal to erect an election poster that does not identify (albeit in very small print:D ) who is responsible for it.

The_Minister

It was at the bus-stop outside UCD. It had a small print name on it, of an individual, not an organisation. It was D

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I can't remember. It was yellow. I remember that.....

Gobán Saor

The_Minister wrote:

It was at the bus-stop outside UCD. It had a small print name on it, of an individual, not an organisation. It was D

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I can't remember. It was yellow. I remember that.....

Ok, it's legal then. Unhelpful to women with crisis pregnancies, perhaps, and unlikely to help society in general come to any kind of consensus on the abortion issue, but definitely legal.

fobster

So that's what Daniel O'Donnell is doing these days.

Dave!

yes i could.

RalphCifaretto

Supporting abortion would be fairly bizarre

LuckyLloyd

I would strongly oppose any candidate that had an anti - abortion // pro - life // whatever stance.

mike65

Yes.

Mike.

Senator

A candidate who supported abortion would not be able to do much about it as it is illegal in BOTH Irish jurisdictions. Far better to concentrate on issues we do have control over.

athtrasna

it drives me mad when people try to play politics with abortion. Best advice I ever saw on abortion was on a bumper sticker in the US -

"Against abortion? Don't have one!"

Boston

athtrasna wrote:

it drives me mad when people try to play politics with abortion. Best advice I ever saw on abortion was on a bumper sticker in the US -

"Against abortion? Don't have one!"

"Against murder, dont murder"
"Against domestic abuse, don't beat your spouse"
"Against drug use, don't do drugs"
and so on so forth. Your logic is flawed deeply.

athtrasna

eh...no!

The best place to start is with yourself, we are a nation of hypocrites. Take Bishop Casey and all the priests with kids...don't have sex outside marriage...do as I say and not as I do.

Take any anti-abortion protest and over 50% of the participants will be of non child bearing potential (ie men or over 60s). It makes me mad. And when people make it a political issue its worse, abortion is a deeply personal issue and one which should not be a political football.

leeroybrown

I would be unwilling to vote for any candidate that felt the need to base their campaign on a topic that is irrelevant to this general election. Abortion is definitely an irrelevant topic.

Boston

athtrasna wrote:

eh...no!

The best place to start is with yourself, we are a nation of hypocrites. Take Bishop Casey and all the priests with kids...don't have sex outside marriage...do as I say and not as I do.

Take any anti-abortion protest and over 50% of the participants will be of non child bearing potential (ie men or over 60s). It makes me mad. And when people make it a political issue its worse, abortion is a deeply personal issue and one which should not be a political football.

You did a survey and those where the results?

athtrasna

Yes, me and my eyes! I used to work across the road from a place that had weekly protests and on that one at least 75% were men/old. The protests outside the four courts recently and the ones at the Bank of Ireland on College Green at weekends are similarly populated. I was being conservative on the 50%

Cnoc16

Getting back to the original question..

No I couldn't vote for someone who supported abortion. I do think it is an issue, like any other issue. I don't agree with it, and don't want it in Ireland, so why would I vote for someone who is going to push for it?

Just like I don't agree with socialist financial policies, or any other topic for that matter - it's an issue for me - so no I couldn't vote for someone who does not share fundamental principles and ideas that I have.

Tricity Bendix

athtrasna wrote:

eh...no!

The best place to start is with yourself, we are a nation of hypocrites. Take Bishop Casey and all the priests with kids...don't have sex outside marriage...do as I say and not as I do.

Take any anti-abortion protest and over 50% of the participants will be of non child bearing potential (ie men or over 60s). It makes me mad. And when people make it a political issue its worse, abortion is a deeply personal issue and one which should not be a political football.

Eh... yeah!

Your logic is flawed. And nothing in your post above detracts from that point.

athtrasna

My point is that if people are against abortion - don't shout about it,just don't do it.

It really turns me off a politician if they think that parading their own values on such a sensitive subject is going to win them votes, regardless of whether I agree with them or not.

The_Minister

fobster wrote:

So that's what Daniel O'Donnell is doing these days.

Thats the name.