“Tens of thousands of women are out in the cold and forgotten, they deserve better, they deserve equality, this budget was an opportunity for the Government to end this blatant discrimination.”
“Let us not forget the State enforced marriage bar which up until 1973 meant women had no choice but to give up their public service and civil service jobs when they got married.”
(Irish Examiner)
The Irish state also has complete jurisdiction over woman's body.
Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old dentist, originally from India, died on 28 October 2012 at University Hospital Galway in Ireland due to what was interpreted as complications of a septic miscarriage at 17 weeks' gestation, after having been denied an abortion