Hungarian woman shows our man how to stand up and be counted

OUR minister of state with responsibility for equality matters, Frank Fahey, was put through the wringer last week when he updated the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on Ireland’s progress in the field of women’s rights.

The committee vice-chairperson, Silvia Pimentel, asked Mr Fahey why, in Ireland, "women's health remains jeopardised by the lack of availability of abortion."

Ms Pimentel claimed there was "widespread public support for liberalisation of abortion." The alternative to doing so, she warned, would be continued "suffering and risk for large numbers of women."