November 26th, 2006
Little plastic fetus
Years and years ago, possibly 1999 I was at a party and standing in a kitchen in Rathfarnham while this lad was telling me about how a girl he was sharing a house with had an abortion. I didn’t really beleive it at the time but he said she was given a little plastic fetus by the ‘counselling service’ to try guilt her. I asked someone else and they too had seen a little plastic fetus.
I decided I must have one to add to by bogey toy collection and while I thought it was funny ( I kept thinking of the little Made in China on it) I knew it was a sick thing to give a confused, vulnerable girl. The ever and increasingly brilliant sex.ie covers it and also has a two part audio documentary about abortion in Ireland,
second part is a bit weak but still essential listening. This country is fucked!This isn’t the place to debate abortion but just as a reminder of how although we like to think of ourselves as a modern and enlightened we are still living in a Catholic state.
The Angelus. Nuff sed.
