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Abortion law timetable on track, says Irish deputy PM

Eamon Gilmore, the Irish deputy prime minister, has said that the Irish government's timetable for abortion legislation is on track. He told journalists: “We have a timetable which is to have this legislation dealt with by the summer recess." The Irish Times reports that draft legislation is due to be published tomorrow (23 April). [Irish Times, 22 April]

Other stories:

Abortion

• Savita Halappanavar jury returns unanimous medical misadventure verdict [Irish Times, 19 April]

Euthanasia

• Battle for right to die to be enshrined in law is 'doomed to fail', claims Manchester university ethics expert [Mancunian Matters, 19 April]

Sexual ethics

• Thousands of protesters in final bid to block French gay marriage law [Times of India, 21 April]
• Nearly 15,000 French mayors will refuse to marry gay couples [CNA, 19 April]
• Tory donors switch to UKIP over gay marriage [Christian Institute, 19 April]
• Belarus leader rules out same-sex marriages [RIA Novosti, 19 April]
• Our bishops should do more to promote the Church’s teaching on marriage and family [Francis Phillips, 19 April]
• French cardinal warns gay marriage law risks violence [Reuters, 16 April]

General

• Yale conference to promote ‘non-human personhood’: will feature infanticide advocate Peter Singer [LifeSiteNews.com, 16 April]
• The Coalition has decided mothering is only a pastime [Cristina Odone, 18 April]
• Vatican plans huge pro-life, evangelization gathering [CNA, 15 April]

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