Examining debate dividing the nation
AN IRISH SOLUTION – A WOULD YOU BELIEVE? SPECIAL
RTE One, 10.15pm
IN this WYB special, reporter Mick Peelo brings the view through the complex minefield facing the country on the issue of abortion.
On referendum day, the Irish people will make one of the most important decisions we have ever faced about our values.
At stake is our understanding of what constitutes a human life and whether the unborn should have equal rights to the women who bear them.
Mick Peelo looks at the stories and values on all sides of the debate and explores what’s at stake for our society, whether the outcome is to repeal or retain the Eighth Amendment to our Constitution.
How the Irish people answer that question on May 25 will be influenced by science, ethics, religion and lived experience.
The reporter meets people with a range of views – campaigners, mothers, doctors, a scientist, a bishop, an ethicist and a hospital chaplain to get to the values that underlie their positions.