‘Grossly Negligent’ Already Describes Irish Rape Law This is why we can’t have nice things.
TW: rape, sexual assault
Because Ireland can’t have nice things, we’ve reached the inevitable ‘two steps back’ following the ‘one step forward’ of passing the referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment. Most of us thought that it would have to do with the Iona Institute’s attempting to appeal the result. However, since an achievement in bodily autonomy apparently needs to be balanced with an offence to it, this week the Law Reform Commission has issued a report that recommends we respond to rape culture — by further muddying the legal definitions of rape.
