Whatever the carrot was to get Ireland to join the EU, it has lost its sovereignty in taking it.
LifeNews: The plaintiffs, three anonymous women A., B., and C., are asking that the Court create a right to abortion in the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention) to trump the right to life Ireland guarantees the unborn in its Constitution. It seems ironic that the Convention designed to protect against injustice may be used to stomp out a nation’s right to legally protect its smallest and most vulnerable members. More here.
