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stanley cup radiation, biological and deadly by Wikimedia user Fastfission via Wikimedia Commons.Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here Thursday query:Today, three unusually succinct questions from the same Charles to which I ;ll reply as a group. Name: CharlesQuestion 1: With Sept. 11, et al., education in science suffers because knowledge is threatening. When I was growing up in the 1950s , I got books on amateur rocket fuels from the public library.
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Irish citizens will head to the polls Friday, May 25, in a nationwide referendum that could repeal a constitutional ban on abortion,
stanley cup the Eighth Amendment, that has been in place since 1983. Recent polls show the pro-repeal side is leading in a tightening race.What Ireland current law If the vote for repeal is successful, abortion would not immediately become legal. Irelands abortion laws are among the most restrictive in the world. Abortion in Ireland is illegal under nearly all circumstances, including cases of rape and incest, and carries a potential prison sentence of up to 14 years. Tensions are running high as the vote approaches, with thousands of people attending rallies and protests across the country.The Eighth Amendment grants Irish mothers an equal right to life with embryos and fetuses. As such, a pregnancy can only be legally terminated if at least two medical practitioners determine that it causes a real and substantial risk to the mothers life, including a risk of suicide.Despite the ban, pregnant women have continued to access abor
crocs tion both inside and outside the country. More than 3,000 women travel abroad every year to have the procedure legally, often in countries like England and Wales. Thousands more order abortion-inducing pills like mifepristone, which are illegally imported into Ireland.A woman w
stanley cup alks past a pro-choice mural on the side of a building ahead of a 25th May referendum on abortion law, in Dun Laogha
