An Irish 'abortion rights' lawyer is under fire in Britain for calling for the age of consent to be lowered to 13 in the wake of the Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall scandals.
The BBC reports that Barbara Hewson told online magazine Spiked that the move was necessary in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal to end the "persecution of old men".
The NSPCC called her views "outdated and simply ill-informed" and said to hear them "from a highly experienced barrister simply beggars belief" said the BBC.
Hewson is a long-time legal campaigner to have Ireland's abortion laws changed. In 2006 she was barrister for the D case, brought to the European Court if Human Rights seeking to overturn Ireland's pro-life laws.
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Her remarks on the age of consent are particularly grating given that she has presented herself as a long time advocate of women's rights.
Niamh Uí Bhriain of the Life Institute said that "the natural reaction of all decent people to all these recent scandals involving children is one of disgust. Hewson's reaction is to call for a lowering in the age of consent. It's bizarre and shocking."
Ms Ui Bhriain said that abortion campaigners set themselves up as defenders of women, "but often when we scratch the surface we see a different side to things."
"This is a lawyer who took Ireland to the European Court to foist abortion on the Irish people; a woman who called our pro-life laws 'cruel and unusual'. Yet now she wants the age of consent lowered - as a reaction to the Savile and Hall crimes. What kind of defence of young women's rights is that?" she added.
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bama on May 9, 2013 10:39pm
Outside the Clinics
Tiny white roses
remembering the
innocent.
Candles glowing
in the hearts of those
who will not forget.
You have entered
Death before your
time but we are
waiting, hoping that
the angels of Mercy
will be waiting for
you too.
mary moriarty on May 10, 2013 8:21am
Will the Irish media report on Hewson's warped illogic? I know that's a stupid question but how can the rest of us wake Irish people up to the fact that our democracy is becoming history.
Christian on May 12, 2013 1:10pm
Thanks YD. Have you at all considered launching a news agency because your reporting is clear on the issues and truly on the only reliable source.. Thank you for all your hard work. People, keep reaching out to your FG reps and praying to the Father in Jesus Name to keep Ireland abortion free.
Joan OHare on May 14, 2013 1:37pm
Many thanks YD for getting the truth across our Nation of Irish woman Barbara Hewson the Lawyer who was behind the European Court of human rights to get Irish law on abortion turned on its head for the women Rights now exposed when she is campaigning for under age girls to be exploited sexually, age of consent 13 years children as the BBC was correct in questioning her motive to protect Jimmy Savile and other old men who were sexual offenders
Jonathan on May 17, 2013 4:37pm
You know the TDs won't have to worry about reprisals. They'll have won and defeated good. They'll have used death as a remedy, while of course they continue to enjoy the best this life has to offer.
But what they'll see instead -- and for which they must take ownership -- a forever divided culture like America. They'll be responsible utimately for late term abortions and for abortions even for sex selection. They'll also have to take ownership for a declining population, and a brain drain from Ireland. They'll be contribution to broken families, and theyll be leveraging the family court resources even more. Some legacy!!! They're too smart by half.
Guest on May 28, 2013 8:58pm
The TDs or Gov will not win, X CASE ousted soon, because legally to many errors in kill bill
The battle is defense for to choose life equally, right to life as there are two human rights and two patients and not destruction of the unborn babies being murdered legitimated
and suicide intent clause with no evidence should not be grounds for abortion,which is direct murder of unborn babies in our the Statue book
This would show Catholic Ireland as role model for global world,wider liberal abortion multi millions abortion industry,choose life save two patients, unborn babies and mothers.
It may be Greed motive of self serving Government Satan lied from beginning of time