Is that true?
It’s true that Ireland is very…shall we say delayed, on this matter. That’s why it’s been known to let women die rather than terminate a premature birth. But is it so very delayed that women have no rights specific to women at all? Is rape legalized then?
Under the Irish Criminal Law (Rape) Act:
In this Act “ man ” and “ woman ” include respectively a male and a female person of any age
A man commits rape if—
(a) he has sexual intercourse with a woman who at the time of the intercourse does not consent to it, and
(b) at that time he knows that she does not consent to the intercourse or he is reckless as to whether she does or does not consent to it,
and references to rape in this Act and any other enactment shall be construed accordingly.
Additionally, abortion has been legal in Ireland since 2018.
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