IRELAND
Dublin Live
BY BARRY ARNOLD
19 APR 2017
Two Dublin politicians have slammed the decision to grant The Religious Sisters of Charity group “sole ownership” of the new National Maternity Hospital.
North Inner City councillor Eilis Ryan believes the decision presents a “nightmare scenario” for women who will depend on the €300 million hospital.
The Worker’s Party councillor has called into question whether, if the 8th amendment repealed, the new legislation would be “implemented fully in a hospital wholly owned by the Catholic Church”.
Councillor Ryan said: “The decision to grant ownership of the National Maternity Hospital makes a mockery of the supposed neutrality of the Citizens’ Assembly.
“Do any of us really believe that, if and when the 8th amendment of our constitution is repealed, any new legislation for abortion will be implemented fully in a hospital wholly owned by the Catholic Church?
“Every week another story emerges of the extraordinary harm done to women by the church, with state complicity, in this country.
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