The Fight to Repeal the Irish Abortion Ban - The Jim Jefferies Show

Jim travels to Ireland to chat with comedian Tara Flynn about the Irish abortion ban and invites a virulently anti-abortion politician to London to discuss his views.
The Jim Jefferies Show airs Tuesdays at 10:30/9:30c on Comedy Central.

[@punchthedog]

In case anyone is wondering how this went, the abortion ban was lifted by national referendum 66.4% for, 33.6% against. 66.13% turnout. All but one county (Donegal) voted to repeal the 8th amendment.

[@sentientfetus3894]

Legal through out all 9months . Partial Saline Solution. Scissors. Past 3 weeks

[@mephistounderwood4917]

Good!

[@RedCubUK]

Are you saying Donegal is Ireland’s Mississippi?

[@mamba101]

RedCubUK Yep!

[@scorpioninpink]

@@RedCubUK No, it just so happen that the young people of Donegal is out of the county due to lack of jobs. If we are talking about Mississippi of Ireland, that would be Roscommon-South Leitrim.

[@tashakazulu8737]

what's the best thing about abortion jokes? - they never get old

[@shizukousapostle1stapostle710]

So it's like a kid with cancer

[@kalvinloewen8983]

Or an unvaccinated kid

[@tashakazulu8737]

@Rush Lover yep making jokes about abortions - totaly unacceptable, abortions - perfectly fine

[@jilliansmith7123]

Tashaka Zulu: I'm glad you realize that! They are perfectly fine. The bible advocates for them, and Jehovah was the biggest abortionist of all time, even aborting puppies and kittens! The evil puppies and kittens had to drown!

[@Iamrightyouarewrong]

@@shizukousapostle1stapostle710 You know what they say about joke about kids with cancer? They're for adults.

[@user-ns3vs3bp3e]

“Do I know him?” “I’m gunna throw some names out” Lol priorities 😂😂😂

[@wretch1300]

"Beanbag Paul..."

[@royw-g3120]

That was my favourite part too.

[@thesenate5913]

"I'm in a car with a guy, his name is Justin" The pure pain in his face speaks volumes, and it's great

[@PrometheusV]

One of the forbidden spells in Hogwarts is "Fetus Deletus"

[@pmpdaddyt1218]

This is soooo underrated...

[@josephlittlefield2313]

Will you be the best man at my wedding? Accio friendo!

[@lordlucius1341]

Yeetus the fetus!

[@Jonifico]

@@lordlucius1341 HAHAHAHAHA

[@ColeLPeltier]

Rumor has it this spell also created "Barbecue Sauce Voldemort", as seen in Deathly Hallows: Part 2

[@TheRockerX]

Anyone notice how he keeps covering his mouth during the interview because that dude in the car told him his breath was terrible? 🤣🤣🤣

[@pudchaa]

The Rocker X YES!!!!!! Bahaha ya I def noticed that too.... tbh, even tho he’s got some fucked up ideas, it _did_ kinda make me feel just a wee bit bad for the lil -leprechaun- - er, i mean, dude 😹 *jk, just got to the “death penalty for abortion doctors” part.......... I no longer feel bad for him.

[@jeremylabove5339]

What car? How high are you

[@karbzx]

@@jeremylabove5339 7:09 lower than your junkie ass

[@peachesandpoets]

Tortured that bigot 😂

[@Holdit66]

@@pudchaa I thing Ferengi is the word you were looking for.

[@mattsupertramp6506]

"In the olden days the drone would just bring in a coat hanger" 😂

[@osmosisjones4912]

You know pro fetuscide activist made that up with no a single case till after they made it. Oh wait it was under reported. Feminist often make stuff up and say it's Under reported

[@mattsupertramp6506]

@@osmosisjones4912 what? It's a joke no one's flying coat hangers in on drones

[@lisam8105]

@@osmosisjones4912 Asshat.

[@shesshooting]

That was a good one

[@ronniebannister6746]

⁰0

[@jenniferholden9397]

Keep your rosaries out of my ovaries, that has got to be the best slogan, ever.

[@jimmyshitsmcgee2829]

Murderer

[@jilliansmith7123]

jimmy shits micgee: Yes, forcing a girl or woman to have a back-alley abortion that kills her does make the law a murderer!

[@brendendielman3150]

Then keep your ovaries to yourself. Or use one of the many forms of birth control. Im sure people will say birth control isnt always available but you know what is? Self control.

[@jilliansmith7123]

Brenden Dielman: yeah, because birth control NEVER fails, right? And only the woman should take responsibility? What about a young teen who is raped by her daddy or uncle or brother? Should SHE be held responsible by having to raise her incest baby? 'Cause it's such a great idea to make damn sure babies are the punishments for sex that your god intended them to be, right? It's guaranteed that children raised by a mother who doesn't want them just do so well in life, don't they? ISaid nobody, ever. Clueless people with little understanding of the real world.

[@brendendielman3150]

@@jilliansmith7123 most people didnt want kids but they still raise them. The uncle father rape argument has no ground to stand on, less than 1% of rapes fit in that category. Its not a babies fault someone was raped but they should pay the price right? And you lose all credibility when you insult someone in a debate. Dont assume someone is clueless because they think something other than what you think. Im not trying to stir the pot here , quite the opposite , i actually want to listen to you and anyone else who thinks differently . Im not trying to make you think like me . It couldnt hurt to hear each other out right? Otherwise lets just divide our nation into the you's and me's and we wont have to ever talk.

[@DoctorTurdmidget]

I support abortion, but only in cases where the woman is pregnant.

[@roseJ96]

So you think women who aren't pregnant shouldn't get abortions? I don't know how to feel about that.

[@kurtsudheim825]

Doctor Turdmidget so what about a man getting pregnant, that's sexist double standards you fool

[@frederickwillis3216]

Doctor Turdmidget what😂

[@brucerouffian2630]

You are picking on women again. Why can't a man who's not pregnant get treated the same way as a woman who's not pregnant? Men. Pah!

[@andyhealion7687]

Doctor Turdmidget . So you support murder???

[@HucksGamingchannel]

I live in Ireland and I have literally never heard of this politician...or the political party he is supposed to be part of. And I use the word literally in it's proper sense.

[@AndDiracisHisProphet]

Yeah, that is what I thought. I am not irish, but I figured why would an "important" politician agree to that terms for the interview?

[@michaeldepaor6844]

I never heard of him either

[@loquayrocks]

I was thinking the same, he is so fringe I've never heard of him but I bet he was the only one who didn't know who Jim Jeffries was so was easy to setup

[@aaroncostelloe9072]

What county is she from?

[@kieranfitz]

Huck's Gaming channel it has like 8 members. They can't get enough support to run a candidate in general elections.

[@Doniedaff]

The Irony is that Justin Barrett is actually a really strong argument for abortion.

[@sentientfetus3894]

As a woman I'm glad a man told my mother what to do with her body

[@allencolvin656]

Just hope his "lucky charms" are not fertile anymore...

[@HeavyMetalBeliever]

Justin Barrett is also a strong argument for Bukkake.

[@rad1cal300]

@Gaz Roberts or maybe it's just a fucking joke

[@mataj0to561]

carol m yes it is so you’re saying killing a dog is not bad? Bc that was gonna be a human that could’ve been you me but we didn’t get aborted they’re killing babies

[@Smoof29]

"How it became a women's rights issue is beyond me" CLEARLY

[@c_n_b]

I agree. It's about the right of the baby.

[@Smoof29]

@@c_n_b nope

[@Smoof29]

@@c_n_b why should the unborn have more rights than the body carrying it?

[@sl_721]

@@Smoof29 because the baby literally gets murdered? Are you insane

[@Smoof29]

@@sl_721 no, just a rational human that understands science and that a clump of cells isn't a baby

[@truevulgarian]

"Del" was hilarious in this clip. I think John Candy would be proud.

[@tigertiger1699]

Lol too right, candu was great

[@seanscanlon9067]

Oh the irony in someone who is presumably pro-life and yet calls for the death penalty!

[@jasondashney]

It's not irony. Pro life is about protecting the innocent, and the death penalty is about punishing the guilty. Those are absolutely mutually exclusive.

[@seanscanlon9067]

Pro means for or being for something and life is self-explanatory. The very same people who are pro-life will argue that all life is sacred and deserves to be protected, so logically they should be anti-capital punishment too. That's almost as ironic as pro-life terrorists shooting medical staff in the name of er, pro-life.

[@seanscanlon9067]

Er yes, about abortion because presumably pro-lifers are for and value life. The clue is in the name. Let me ask you this though. Are you familiar with the following question? Imagine that a fertility clinic is on fire. You can rescue either a five-year-old child or a canister containing a large number of frozen human embryos. You cannot rescue both. Whom do you save?

[@Mrdr]

Sean Scanlon crickets..... 😆

[@DC-hw7fw]

Actually, we are talking about a single cell organism for a majority of time, so if you're concerned about that, don't move, scratch, get hurt, or it's murder to at least a few million cells. Death penalty for you, sir! 😂

[@mikitz]

It's easy for that leprechaun, he doesn't have to worry about getting any woman pregnant anyway. I can't drink milk, therefore no-one else should.

[@em-or7qc]

He totally sounds like a leprechaun!😆

[@aaronmendoza277]

Hey im not giving up milk. MY BODY MY CHOICE!!! ohhhhhh

[@linaiisaye8357]

Religious people: "The belief that I personally belief in says this is bad. Therefore you, even if you dont share my beliefs, cant do it either."

[@revanruler6404]

pretty much, i hate religious people they suck

[@revanruler6404]

@Gaz Roberts not babies, fetuses, there's a big difference

[@revanruler6404]

@Gaz Roberts did you just compare abortion to a genocide? you are a monster if you think destroying a mindless thing and killing innocent jews is the same thing

[@revanruler6404]

@Gaz Roberts 1. genocide is killing based on genes so at worst it's mass murder 2.I can't provide my own evidence because i'm not a scientist, however scientists provided plenty of evidence that fetuses are not sentient 3.the fact that you keep bringing up the holocaust as if abortion is worse than this tragedy makes you a holocaust apologist at best

[@D1i1s1]

@Gaz Roberts So I would say by your logic every man that ever ejaculated without it leading to a pregnancy needs to be punished for murder, I mean scientists would tell you your are stupid because a Sperm isn't a human being and can't be ascribed the same rights, but according to you they can't be left to handle such issues, so there is no evidence that a sperm isn't a human.

[@thescorpiondroid_]

Bruh they got a sign language interpreter at a protest

[@whiskeycompany13]

“I think I’ll get an abortion so it doesn’t upset my holiday plans” -no woman ever

[@EireVoin]

There was a woman in the Irish times who said that

[@lavrentivs9891]

Cannabis Cultivator How many women exactly? Since you know it's "many women", you must have some numbers to back it up, or are you just making shit up?

[@whiskeycompany13]

Cannabis Cultivator I start every morning with a hardy abortion.

[@lavrentivs9891]

Cannabis Cultivator Let him worry about producing his numbers, you work on getting yours while we wait.

[@whiskeycompany13]

Cannabis Cultivator I don’t need to attract anyone. I just go to my local sperm bank, a quick fill up, and then it’s off to the abortion clinic.

[@JenniKellogsbrand]

When Dez pulled out that tuna sandwich from his pocket, oh my gosh 😂😂

[@inkooh8]

Jim, that arched eyebrow--Spock would be proud!

[@thejakker6369]

🖖......

[@raymurph29]

Respect Jim Jeffries, as an Irishman I couldn't agree with you more, women should decide their own health and when or whether or not they should have a child. The repeal of the 8th passed and Ireland is proud.

[@noahsolomon706]

Nice job killing a life instead of giving it to adoption

[@nicolajlhansen6350]

@@noahsolomon706 Just operate the fetus out of their body, the fetus have a chance for life and the woman can still decide for her body. Everybody wins.

[@nosamuigbinnosa4081]

@@nicolajlhansen6350 If that was possible...

[@jackonuallain1445]

The only flaw in using Justin Barrett as an example of a politician and lawmaker is he’s never been elected to any position in Local or National Government

[@ispartacus1337]

That's a pretty important detail to leave out actually lol

[@fivestarman5130]

Hopefully it’ll stay that way.

[@decotronq9054]

Got less than 2% of the vote 😂😂😂

[@jonathandavin9429]

@@decotronq9054 with no media coverage and non stop slandering 2 percent isn't bad Nationalism or Nothing

[@michaeldriggers7681]

This Justin Barrett guy looks and sounds like the evil headmaster of a boys school in a movie

[@davidmaloney1339]

Make contraception free, win win

[@TheLuismaBeaTle]

Justen Smith let’s bring that kid to a world where his parents (if both are present) didn’t want him.

[@jilliansmith7123]

David Maloney: you do know contraception doesn't always work? And girls/women are sometimes subjected to incest from their father/uncle/brother/grandpa...and claim rape because to blame the actual fucker would tear up the family.

[@jilliansmith7123]

Justen Smith: not all women having sex are old enough to have a child...or rich enough...or choosing to have sex. Ever heard of incest? You think all incest victims are CHOOSING to fuck their grandpas, brothers, uncles, fathers? You don't think there's a little coercion going on sometimes?

[@jilliansmith7123]

Chuck MaGee: normally, I think pro-choice is best, and I think "most" normal women wouldn't do what that woman did, free abortions or not. I find it heinous what she did, in terms of not using birth control, wasting so much public money, and torturing her own body. I can't help but think she had severe mental/emotional issues. The only upside is this: she didn't have the children and make them into some kind of psychotic criminals, as someone so profoundly disturbed (in my view) might well do whether she meant to or not.

[@jilliansmith7123]

Chuck MaGee: Thank you, sir. You had brought up a good issue.

[@throughtheapex6506]

If abortion is murder then wearing a condom is kidnapping.

[@professionalmemeenthusiast2117]

Through the Apex Sperms cells are not human beings. Unborn babies are.

[@myargument6276]

+Professional Meme Enthusiast 1 Sperms Cells are not human beings. Unborn babies are. Unborn Babies are. Unborn babies are Unborn babies are Unborn babies are UNBORN UNBORN UNBORN Would you give rights to a dead person????? I don't fucking think so.

[@emmarellda181]

its a fetus. call it was it is

[@professionalmemeenthusiast2117]

Emmarellda1 If someone gives birth prematurely, wouldn't you call that a baby? The same standards that are applied to premature births should be applied to unborn babies that are equally developed.

[@NathanIsSoPro]

Except sperm is millions of unpair happloid cells, and an abortion is the killing of a human life that can think and feel.

[@markmirabella4066]

"But the fetus cant get an abortion either, so.. equal rights" dead lmao

[@markmirabella4066]

MrT2000 I hope god forgives you, too. For all of your sins. More importantly, I hope you forgive yourself. Let god be the judge.

[@markmirabella4066]

MrT2000 fuck you. Your reality is warped and skewed

[@markmirabella4066]

MrT2000 i defend myself on occasion with those I am close with and actually have formed bonds with. You dont know me at all. I have never met you. Your opinions of me don't matter.

[@markmirabella4066]

MrT2000 i havent read 99% of what you are saying because you are very dumb

[@markmirabella4066]

MrT2000 you dont know how I think

[@widget3672]

I once had an argument with an anti-abortion activist that used a lot of the same arguments and even posted diagrams showing fetuses. I showed her a government census document that showed the number of abortions, length of pregnancy before abortion, success rate, number of repeat abortions and number of medical or rape based cases. She stopped relying after that.

[@captainfranknoneofyourbusi8564]

Those kind of statistics should be more readily available. If the numbers are high then it shows a greater need. If they’re low there’s no point. Either way the facts speak volumes. Why can’t people mind their own business and stay out of others

[@Oleander410]

Something that doesn't know it is alive, and has never known consciousness, is -- by definition -- not a person.

[@nugsymalone1247]

They argue that it has the "potential" to be a person but its like communism and capitalism have potential to be great and useful but humans foul that up too as we can all plainly see

[@osmosisjones4912]

@@nugsymalone1247 did you know yewning is an Affect of an active Brain .

[@nugsymalone1247]

@@osmosisjones4912 what is yewning?

[@osmosisjones4912]

@@nugsymalone1247 we all do it taking deep breath board or going sleep or waking up. Yawning. Look it on scishow. Fetuses yawn

[@nugsymalone1247]

@@osmosisjones4912 oh yawning, ok. How do they do that if they aren't breathing through the lungs like we do?

[@JBC352]

OK, I started to feel bad for that politician during the car ride, but after hearing his hardline stance during the interview, especially when risk to the mother and rape victims were brought up, I felt better knowing he suffered excruciating discomfort. I understand the viewpoint (I fluctuate sometimes on whether it's murder or not) but assuming women who seek abortions do it for frivolous reasons, punishing them and the professionals in charge of their safety, and refusing to allow for context pisses me off.

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

jeanbchoi It's not murder, it's not a life yet! Abortion is usually performed in the first trimester. The pregnancy can be terminated up til near the end of the second trimester. Only in rare situations will anyone terminate a pregnancy later! If it's done, it's because going through with the pregnancy will cause severe trauma to the mother, (risk of dying, stillborn baby, in cases of incest or rape where the pregnancy has been discovered very late and/or the mother is very young). Look at it this way. Your life began when you're born and the umbilical cord was cut! That's the "magic" limit. A fetus becomes a baby when it can survive outside the womb - separated from the mother! - And even if we call it murder and pretend life begins much earlier, how can the inside of someone's body be seen as a acceptable place for another individual to occupy if not wanted? And the hardliners won't even accept abortion in cases of rape - imagine that, being forced to carry the product created by someone raping you!

[@Wlooby]

jeanbchoi just as a heads up, I am Irish and really involved in Irish politics. I've never heard of this party. I've never heard of their leader. They aren't part of polling in any national poll. This is Akin to comparing the westborough church to all religious people. It's a nonsense video made in complete ignorance of reality

[@roborovskihamster5425]

Well this particular man and his party may not be anything serious but getting an abortion is still punishable by over a decade in prison so the point of this video is still very much valid.

[@vilecrocodile9171]

If i crush an egg with a chick inside, is that wrong?

[@krombopulos_michael]

Vile Crocodile yes, but less so than if its human because chickens are less consequential than humans.

[@StephySon]

Saw this 2 weeks ago and just learned that the 8th was repealed, congrats Ireland

[@jilliansmith7123]

StephySon: CONGRATULATIONS, IRELAND! Now address this issue with a broader view of what exactly you want to accomplish! Proud of you for the moment!

[@Oksana7305]

Nothing to congratulate. And mind your own business m

[@jilliansmith7123]

Eimeara Stapleton: Congratulations, Ireland! If it's on KZbin, it IS our business. If you don't want us considering it, keep it off KZbin. And it IS something to congratulate. People had to work for it and they accomplished their goal--for now, right? Congratulations are in order, even if you don't appreciate it.

[@naisiunaieireannach4726]

Fuck right off

[@Oksana7305]

@@naisiunaieireannach4726 you shut up

[@jimbeam4140]

As nuts as this guy is about sending women to jail for having an abortion, when he said "death penalty" for Doctors who perform abortions I was stunned. People like him are why it's impossible for fair minded people to take conservative politics seriously.

[@foodmaniac9339]

Is a baby killed in an abortion or just made to disappear with magic?

[@JeremiahStillWillChill]

He’s a nationalist

[@philj3167]

What happens when u let religion dictate politics? Imagine how quick this abortion issue would disappear if men could get pregnant. Pretty damn fast

[@koilamaoh4238]

Religion>abstinence> a shit load of abortions :) Its only relevants towards gods people and its in the bible too :) lot of baby killing. It makes sense of gods followers to kill their own babies and molest them. THis why I tell people, "dont do god", its a dangerous drug, which increases rapes, abortions, sexual related crimes, pedos, much more society effects.. Thats why I call them death cults, PRO DEATH , PRO BIRTHERS, cause they want to take away healthcare and welfare from babies..

[@mancjo3]

You don’t have to be a religious person to realize abortion is fucked up.

[@Sofiaode18]

@@mancjo3 You know what else is fucked up? A child getting treated like shit by their parents because the child was unwanted. Kids don't ask to be born, and not everyone is gonna give a good life to their kids. And as much as you think abortion is fucked up, it's gonna happen anyway, so you might as well have abortion clinics where it can be done safely instead of some back alley shady clinic with questionable safety.

[@mancjo3]

Faraae I see your point but kids are treated like shit whether or not abortion is legalized. At the end of the day, we’re talking about a society being ok with the mass murdering of innocent babies, which to me is disturbing.

[@Sofiaode18]

@@mancjo3 Well the discussion is more nuanced than "murdering innocent babies".

[@Prizzlesticks]

Women. Do not. Get. "Casual". Abortions. I can't stress that enough. Where the hell do people get this absurd idea, anyway? An apparently, it's a cross-cultural, international idea. What the hell....

[@gerRule]

Women. Do. Get. “Casual”. Abortions They also get my fella is pissing me off abortions and oh shit I regret that 3some abortions

[@xXscreamingkoalaXx]

Oh c'mon. I realize it's not "casual" because it's always a big decision that's very difficult to make. But let's say a woman accidentally gets pregnant twice inside of a couple months. Would she keep the second baby just so she isn't casually using abortion? No, the frequency of her abortions wouldn't affect the decision at all. That's not a factor. Women will have as many abortions as they need, regardless of the casualness of it.

[@xXscreamingkoalaXx]

Rambo Baggins If you'd like to argue it, it's a civil issue. Not moral or personal. We need abortion because it's good for the health of our civilization. It's not difficult to imagine - picture a situation where a young woman was primed and ready to become a productive member of society. But then she gets pregnant. The dad runs off. She isn't prepared. Looking at it from a civil perspective, we don't want this to happen. We don't need another orphan. We don't need another poor, single mother barely able to earn ends meat. What we do need is a smart young woman ready to be productive. Practically speaking, pro-life laws decrease the productivity of your civilization. Look to the middle East and see for yourself. The women do fuck-all compared to what they're capable of. And their civilization suffers for it. Are those babies lives more important that the whole civilization? Difficult question.

[@itsOculus]

actually, they do. you don't know what you're talking about. most abortions - 97% - are done just because women want to - not because of some emergency. killing babies is murder - the worst kind of murder: of the most innocent.

[@Elephantstonica]

Rambo Baggins How is it the woman who has to take all the responsibility? You don’t know her circumstances. Plus it’s the man who makes the ultimate decision to enter a woman. Even if she’s begging for it, which isn’t necessarily the case. If she is forced to have that baby, then why not forcibly castrate the man that created the unwanted pregnancy?

[@ladynoluck]

I personally don't see myself ever getting an abortion. I just don't like the idea of it. But just because I don't like it doesn't mean I should force everyone else to make the same choice that I would make, especially when it means controlling a choice that someone is making about their body, life, and future. I wish politicians would realize that....

[@krombopulos_michael]

LNL13 I don't understand this position at all. Why would you not get one? If its not the same thing as killing, what's holding you back? If it is the same as killing, why should anyone be allowed to do it?

[@ladynoluck]

Krombopulos Michael. Well, you can have the baby and give it up for adoption; that's what is "holding me back" as you put it. If I ever had an unwanted pregnancy or a pregnancy in which I later found out I could not support the child financially or emotionally, I would use adoption services. In a severe situation where I might die or the circumstances of the conception are vile and criminal, I'd seriously consider abortion, but I would not be happy with making such a choice. I imagine most women who have an abortion also don't necessarily "want" an abortion either, but rather *need* one for their health, future, freedom, and/or happiness, and that is a need that they should be allowed to fulfill if needed. The reason I don't like abortions is because I see other options to it that I would be willing to take. That's not always the case for every woman, and that's fine and completely understandable. As for whether it's killing or not, I am a developmental researcher, so I know when the fetus is performing "infant-like" behavior. By that time, most doctors won't abort a fetus anyway, unless there is a medical emergency. So, I don't necessarily think abortion is killing, but I can still dislike the notion of stopping a potential person from existing. But none of this is my point at all, and you have a really skewed notion on what you think my beliefs are. Read my initial comment again, and maybe you'll catch the point you missed.

[@davidodonovan1699]

LNL13 what about the forcing of the baby to die!?

[@ladynoluck]

David O Donovan Read my comments and try again, hun.

[@timbarry5080]

Nobody likes the idea of an abortion, it's a horrible experience. Women do it as a last resort,

[@Mimi-cq4bg]

I really am curious as to where these guys get their info. Like, I've been pregnant and not once did it pop into my head that I'm going on holiday and dont want to look fat in my photos so I'm off for a quick aborsh. How do pro life realities stack up against the imagination of a nutjob? Maybe if he thought of women as actual humans and not just BABBY KILLERZZ

[@adamgillespie3393]

We've made it legal BTW. We repealed the 8th

[@lowimpakt]

good piece but just to let you know, Justin Barrett is not a politician. He has never been elected. He tried to become an MEP in 2004 and failed. His party was only "launched" last year but isn't on the official Register of Political Parties in Ireland. He tried to launch his party at various hotels in Dublin and they hotels cancelled his bookings. He used to be a member of youth defence which is an anti-abortion group whose founders are involved in the main anti-abortion campaigns in Ireland. swampy.

[@darthblackandmild1742]

gamescentrel you are an abortion.

[@lowimpakt]

as I said, not a political party.

[@sirfeckalot]

So glad Jim covered this. In the last few decades this country has done so much to undo the laws and culture that were supported by the church here for so many years. With this vote Ireland will have nearly removed every law influenced by religious belief.

[@BuckyOhYeah]

"people casually use abortion, like, oh I'm going on holiday. I think I'll go to have an abortion so it doesn't upset my holiday plans" - Verbatim... Seriously, that doesn't happen. What *does* happen is; a small but significant number of Irish women still feel the need to come to Scotland or England to choose for themselves.

[@NameForMyChannel]

I wonder if this was presented as it was shot in chronological order or if the clips are out if chronological order. If this is in chronological order then Jim was making jokes about women getting abortions on cruises (as in, taking a vacation) and then met someone that believed in it seriously. If that happened out of chronological order then Jim turned something ridiculous some crazy politician said into a joke later. Either way crazy stuff.

[@brenobacci]

One must be a complete idiot to believe anyone would be so blasé about an abortion. I've never had a partner who went through it with me, but I believe one went through it by herself, without telling me. I did have a partner almost exactly one year ago, who had me rush to a drugstore on the first day of 2020 to get her a day-after pill. Even that small act, obviously incomparable to an abortion, was serious enough to be forever imprinted on both our memories. And all this because of those religious freaks who apparently never had sex for fun, or had fun while having sex. Their whole idea goes against human nature. People like that should not be in positions of power, ruling over everyone's lives.

[@tierefuerimmer9635]

@@brenobacci Agreed! I have an ultra conservative Roman Catholic friend who frankly has been brainwashed by the Catholic church and Fox News and claims to be "pro life" yet supports a political party that wants absolutely everyone everyone to own a gun and has an administration that has ripped away immigrant children from their families and supports cutting funding for hungry children 🙄 . If you ask me pro choice ppl are way more pro life

[@samsonwilkinson8090]

I thought canned laughter went out in the sixties...

[@mikey7257]

What a great segment. Funny as hell and it shed light on a touchy subject.

[@aaronconlon3880]

If this is what Americans call funny or informative then American TV must be absolute shit. Justin Barrett (the man "interviewed" in the video) is the leader of the National Party which is a party only founded in 2016 and has yet to run in an election. Justin isn't religious and just supports keeping our constitution the way it is but Jim decides to just treat him like shit for having a different opinion.

[@mikey7257]

Aaron Conlon i’m sure your buddy justin would like nothing better then to kill those who have an opinion that differs from his. He pretty much said so when he said he thinks abortion doctors should get the death penalty. You are right about one thing. American TV is shit but isn’t all TV around the world? This in particular was funny to me because instead of spewing hate like this guy justin does, jim just messed with him a little bit. No harm done. Lighten up a little

[@aaronconlon3880]

Mikey Look at the National Party channel. Justin Barrett regularly talks about the importance of political discourse and takes part in debates on RTE as well. He believes in bringing back the death penalty for murderers (like many he sees those who kill baby's for money as murderers) and rapists. That's nothing to do with opinions and everything to do with killing unborn baby's. "spewing hate" - you saw a few out of context clips each only about 2-4 words long and have determined that a man who lobbied in favour of gay marriage and called for more women to run for public office is "hateful". "No harm done" - actually there is. This clip is full of misinformation and exaggerations that are designed to give people a distorted view of what's going on here.

[@muiris_oc]

Doesn't shed a light at all, if anything it makes fun of No-Voters. Which makes me very unhappy. I've followed Jim Jefferies in his comedy and his show for just over 2 years now, as a non-religious, No-Voter, a ex-Yes-Voter AND as a Youth of Ireland I have to say, I've never seen such a misrepresentation of a side. Firstly, Justin is the at the least, the EXTREME of the YES side. I am very open and willing to give an abortion to a woman who's life is in danger or has a serious situation. But I am NOT happy to give abortion to women so it could be used as another forum of contraception. For the women who use it that way, I would not call those women a "Baby-Killer" or a Murderer but, it is taking away a HUMAN life. Not even offering them a second chance.

[@darthblackandmild1742]

Kit not your body, not your choice.

[@DendyJungle]

How did Jim afford a real leprechaun?!

[@yani2499]

R.......T.......J !

[@Paulywogg]

The restraint Jim showed in not calling him a leprechaun was exceptional.

[@vickijo2343]

Moyda is moyda in my book....

[@sampoor4643]

Justin Barrett looks like Bob's boss from the first incredibles movie.

[@wafflingmean4477]

Funny how expressing one's religious freedom so often results in restricting someone else's freedom.

[@maxmarks3503]

That's not a really relevant comment to make on this video. It's not a question of religious expression, it's a question of right to life vs right to self actualisation.

[@ChrisPierreBacon]

I love how Jim trolled that guy on purpose.

[@ailish3012]

It’s a vicious cycle. The ones that can afford to travel for an abortion may get an abortion. Those that can’t are forced to have the child and raise them in impoverished situations. They can’t afford a baby sitter, can’t get a job / continue in education.... and it just carries on. Healthcare should not only be an option to those with money.

[@PaddySnuffles]

And that's not even going into the ones that die or get severely hurt (sometimes permanently) because they attempted an unsafe abortion out of desperation when they had no alternatives.

[@Sanctifiers]

murdering a baby isn't healthcare

[@timtopz634]

It's called adoption.

[@CassidyStarke]

J B Protection fails buddy. Also there could be rape involved.

[@SimonNZ6969]

@@timtopz634 Sure. Because its not like there isn't already too many kids up for adoption... getting abused in foster homes, dying, being messed up cuz they're constantly moved around... What a perfect solution. Basically the "I don't give a fuck what happens to the kid after its born" mentality.

[@robinjackson7882]

When I was a teenager, my mother told me if anything happened to me, she would take me to Sweden to take care of the problem. I didn’t know what she was talking about.

[@splitlick7651]

6:56 nice to see the sandwich teleport for a second to the backseat lol

[@patdan123]

Hurrah, the Yes vote won. The 8th is repealed. Nice job Ireland. Proud to be named Patrick.

[@ThirteenAmp]

I agree, my name is William Patrick, and William might not be Irish in origin but it's very popular in Ireland

[@myleslawless6594]

13 Amp "William might not be Irish in origin but it's very popular in Ireland " Irish `equivalent of William is Liam.

[@michaelobrien3109]

Holy Shit! How have I never got this before? Just blew my mind lad haha

[@NJ-wb1cz]

Patrick Daniel, actually the name Patrick was invented by Spongebob writers, I'm glad your parents were such fans. I'm naming my kid Squidward.

[@RealSuedeDuck]

That's not good

[@michaelsander2878]

As a dude who was born a dude and identifies as a dude. Chicks, do what you like. Cool beans. Have a good day.

[@declaringpond2276]

Since when is it morally acceptable to kill human beings. I get the rape situations or get an abortion or die situation. But abortion shouldn't be the first option, you're literally killing a human being because you're too lazy to use birth pills, condoms, or just not having sex.

[@elcastro5000]

DeclaringPond 22 Let's say you got into a terrible car accident. And you needed a blood donation. Your kid is the only one you are compatible with that can get to you within a reasonable amount of time. But your kid refuses. You can't make your kid donate blood to you. They have bodily autonomy. Denying the transfusion would be a death sentence to you, but it is totally within their right. You can't ask women to give up bodily autonomy for a lump of cells. And condoms break. Birth control fails. Sex is natural and nothing to be ashamed of. There's no reason to not be having it. We should definitely encourage contraception but to tell people they shouldn't have sex is stupid. And won't work.

[@adamsmithhomie9490]

"condoms break" "birth control fails" Please. people who practice safe sex aren't the ones having the abortions. We can have the debate, but let's be fucking honest about it. Also, your analogy also works for the abortion argument.

[@dianacarbonate]

Oh my god you just totally supported abortion. Yes, I value my own life above the potential future life of a clump of unconscious cells in my uterus, and therefore I SHOULDN'T HAVE CHILDREN, so if I somehow got pregnant despite being on the pill (my body is currently fully rejecting it and going through the cycles anyways), I would totally have an abortion, because I already have 2 small step-children and am pre-med. I'm glad we agree. BTW the difference between the lump of cells that may form in my uterus has no idea that it even exists, as opposed to a fully-formed human with consciousness. That's a pretty big difference. Plus everything Cycloptic said about autonomy, because fuck yeah to all that.

[@elcastro5000]

DeclaringPond 22 DeclaringPond 22 1. Fine. Make it your brother or your mother. Or some bloke in the next room. Doesn't matter. You can't legally force anybody to keep you alive. A person is a person under the law. A child's life is worth no more than an adults. And according to the law and also most medical professionals a fetus is not a person. 2. A fetus is a lump of cells and so is an adult human. But we're sentient/sapient beings that feel pain and have emotions. A zygote or fetus does not. 3. Are you really comparing rape to sex? Rape is not natural in our species. We are able to distinguish right from wrong and it's most definitely wrong. And I don't know about you, but rape isn't the way most people have sex. 4. Almost impossible doesn't matter. It still happens. People also sometimes get surgeries and they fail. You can't make a law that effects everybody because something is unlikely. That takes away the rights of those unlucky few people just because you want to punish people who may not have as good a reason. That's not how the law works.

[@gianpucci2139]

Is Jim Jeffries going to address his interview with Avi Yemeni?

[@HR-yd5ib]

No :)

[@Recoil816]

He is far too much of a *PUSSY* to do such a thing

[@deletviceorelse2096]

yawn........

[@lemonicity4834]

Lmao what''s there to address? Avi just made himself look like even more of an ass. The moron couldn't even catch on to Jim's joke about drawing Muhammad, that's called "edgy humor". It's exactly similar to what Eric Andre does, he psyches out his guests because it's funny as hell.

[@nerdimmunity6690]

el bastardo so you think islamophobia should be ignored?

[@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985]

Death penalty for doctors? That's excessive. What the hell?

[@AngelSamael]

How have people convinced themselves that a ball of cells with no neurons is the same a fully developed human? Like if a doctor who was transporting test-tube embryos got hit by a car and was bleeding out, would they seriously help the embryo's first?

[@T19681]

Angel Samael religion

[@Jynxasaurus263]

Angel Samael disregarding your weird example, if it’s only wrong to kill fully developed humans, who gets to decide when a human is fully developed? could i kill my 4 year old simply because he’s not fully developed? besides, that “ball of cells” is biologically an entirely separate living thing apart from the mother. your logic is shallow

[@declaringpond2276]

Why do we cleanse all the stuff we send to space? Oh yeah, because we don't want to kill any sort of life out there. HMMMM. Also, what gives you the right to be superior to other life forms just because they're small. If it weren't for them you wouldn't be alive. I guarantee you that if abortion was praised you'd have a very high chance of never being alive. If you can't accept that killing fetus/embryos is murder then you probably have your morals in the wrong direction.

[@F0aming]

It will be a fully developed human if you leave it alone. That's the whole point.

[@BeingZlatan]

I'm in favour of abortion on demand myself but this is a stupid argument. Would they rush to help a pregnant woman first over a man? They probably would.

[@lazyladd8746]

FETUS DELETUS!

[@darthblackandmild1742]

Annilator 4 now let’s make like a fetus and head out...

[@cyberdemon1702]

Annilator 4 is this taken as a band name lol

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Good on you girls. So glad abortion has now been legalised in Ireland.

[@osmosisjones4912]

Through out all 9. Months

[@andlidearmadta9680]

Killing of the fetus is the way to go.

[@zachdonnachie603]

"While people in the united states may only have to travel state to state, these people need to travel hundreds of miles to other countries" I'm fine with your opinion but state to state is hundreds of miles.

[@STlTCHlZ]

You don't need a passport and a plane to travel state to state. You can do it pretty cheaply with no ID on a bus. Travelling from Ireland to mainland UK or Europe isn't cheap and you need a passport.

[@ggsay1687]

Ireland on island, you will not take a boat to travel 100 miles in US.

[@zeffe0528]

Zach Donnachie that depend on where you live. And as a man this is not your business.

[@zachdonnachie603]

@@zeffe0528 thats just as bad as saying,.my body my rules. My bldy my rules is the same Ideology of my house my rules. It doesn't mean you can kill someone in it.

[@zachdonnachie603]

@@ggsay1687 Ever heard of a plane

[@rachelthornton4442]

Not only was this hilarious, but thank you so much for bringing this issue to the attention of American media :) A lot of Americans have come over to campaign to maintain the 8th amendment (the abortion ban.) Some of them have even thrown holy water and plastic fetuses at women on the street. It's nice to know some Americans support women in their fight for repeal.

[@storyofthestock5462]

And on another episode of things that have never happened

[@essentialkneads6272]

Human beings do not support abortions! Individuals who are unable to think of anyone but themselves are abortionist. These types of individuals are called Psychopathys!

[@robertsmith6308]

Louisiana Flair no, fascistic fucks than have to stick their nose in someone else's life and force them to abide by a moral code from a dying religion so they can earn points for the afterlife are not people.

[@shadenox8164]

Jefferies is an Australian. Now Louisiana lets say we give fetus full human rights, you have now created a legal precedent that someone can use another person's body without their consent, to preserve their own life.

[@acatwithinternet5635]

Louisiana Flair your logic is flawed.

[@ashleyc506]

I guess it’s comforting to know that Ireland has a trump too.

[@B25694477]

Europe needs a Nationalist. Trump and Barret are too right-wing. What Western Europe needs is a Viktor Orban.

[@eile9212]

We really don't though, Barrett is a very marginal figure.

[@bryonmyers1058]

"If a dingo ate a Muslim baby, it probably would have vomited." - Jim Jefferies, 2018

[@STlTCHlZ]

It took every subatomic particle in Avi's body not to laugh at that joke, and then it took even more for him to act shocked and offended by it. Us Jim fans, we know he's been saying stuff like that ON camera for DECADES, and we love it. Avi catching him doing it off camera means jack shit lol, it's like you have no idea who Jim Jefferies is.

[@aphaseelec]

@@STlTCHlZ cool story bro

[@aussies4trump176]

@@STlTCHlZ You triggered fanboy

[@STlTCHlZ]

@@aussies4trump176 The triggered fanboys are the Avi fans on every Jim Jefferies video crying that he edited Avi's answer and joked about Muslims haha

[@aussies4trump176]

@@STlTCHlZ Keep telling yourself that cupcake.

[@l.lawliet2355]

if you dont have ovaries, then you have no right to tell someone who does, what to do with theirs

[@Jimbo386000]

“I made it myself” “I actually don’t care” Savage

[@MalrexMontresor]

Some information from the Guttmacher Institute about the subject: First, the number of abortions in the US have declined by more than half, with much of the decline after 2008. The reason for the decline is almost entirely due to increased use of birth control during this time.* Next, the number of abortions in the US have actually declined to levels below that of pre-Roe vs. Wade (the Guttmacher Institute shows an estimated 1 million abortions were performed each year from 1950 to 1973 before Roe vs. Wade, most illegal)**. That means that Americans today get fewer abortions than even their grandparents (or great grandparents did) in the 50's and 60's, and vastly fewer abortions than their parents did in the 1970's and 80's. Especially on a per-capita basis, as our population today is much larger. Studies that show the abortion rate was high even when abortion was illegal suggest that making abortion legal did not increase abortion levels by much, yet greatly reduced abortion-related deaths due to botched illegal abortions that were extremely common in the 1950's. Conversely, making abortion illegal likely leads to more abortions if not coupled with easy access to birth control and proper sex education. Still, even though abortions are rarer now than in your grandpa's day, about 24% of women will get an abortion before the age of 40. Of these women, about 60% will be between ages 20-30, and 12% will be teenagers. 59% are mothers to existing children. Studies also show that most women have reasons to have an abortion: Over 75% are low-income or living below the poverty level; with about 73% of women stating that they couldn't afford to have a (another) child. 48% cited relationship problems (such as an abusive partner or being a single mother). 38% said they already had children and couldn't raise another one. (average cost of raising a child to 18= $233,610) 34% said they were students and would have to drop out of school if they had a baby. (about 49% of women who get pregnant while studying never finish school) 13% cited health conditions that could prevent them from having a healthy baby or surviving a pregnancy. 1% cited rape, and 0.5% cited incest as a reason. Contrary to popular belief that women have abortions for "convenience", the vast majority do so due to financial inability and a lack of partner support. Another large portion do so out of a sense of responsibility towards children they already have. If you really want to reduce abortions, don't outlaw it. That only pushes up the number of illegal abortions. Instead, push for more access to birth control and policies that reduce poverty. Push for proper sex education, as states that teach abstinence-only education have teen birth rates and abortion rates 50% higher than properly educated states. In addition, studies have been done that show providing free birth control substantially reduces unplanned pregnancies and cuts abortion rates by about 62-78%. *note: from a high of 29.9 per 100,000 women to less than 14 per 100,000 in 2014; about 60% of the drop in abortions came from states that expanded birth control access during this time. Those who did not expand access saw little decrease. **note: these are Guttmacher's numbers, the Clergy Consultation Service did a survey of abortions from 1957 and estimated the number of abortions at around 2 million a year from 1957 to 1967 (I didn't use this source because they only surveyed Catholics, which resulted in a limited sample size).

[@stoinev]

You, sir, are a treasure!

[@lounajushpe4906]

Almost 50% of the women who get pregnant while studying never finish school... Now that's a heart breaking statistic.

[@spencertressaadams8427]

I'm curious how you feel about child support. I completely get the statistic but the truth of the matter is that we are still weighing the value of a fetus or potential human against the hardship faced by pregnancies under less than ideal conditions. We want to allow women to choose to avoid any of these difficulties, but men have no option if the mother decides to keep it. If we allow the right to choose an abortion for financial or relationship reasons, men should have the right to choose if they pay child support for financial or relationship reasons...it goes both ways. If we want to legally force child support on any father, abortion should also not be a choice. Plus we always talk like its men's fault for not "keeping it in there pants" but seeing as only 1% claim rape, 99% of the women having abortions would appear to have had consensual sex while understanding the risk of getting pregnant. Personally, I am 100% for reasonable child support. No reasonable person having sex, male or female, can say they were unaware of how pregnancies happen. I'm sorry that unwanted pregnancies cause hardship, but the argument is not that no hardship exists but rather that the difficulty posed to the mother does not outweigh the value of the human life. At the end of the day it's about responsibility for actions..both for men and women, no one gets a pass. And I also don't understand the "access to birth control" issue...a box of condoms is not expensive nor difficult to find.

[@desmcmahon5570]

@@spencertressaadams8427 I also agree that there is a double standard between the right to choose and not having the right to choose about paying child support but I think a woman should always have the right to choose and the best solution is for the government to help subsidise child support for men who fall under the poverty line or who are unable to work e.g a disability

[@TheJenniferKK]

Some very good points here. I would however like to add that people (men and women!) also need to be educated on responsibility. If your life (relationship, finance, whatever) is so extremely fucked up that you feel a moral need to kill off your offspring preventively, you should also feel a moral need not to have (unprotected) sex until your shit is fixed. Men without jobs should not be having so much (unprotected) sex. Women in bad relationships should seek the help of councelers and human rights organisations (instead of abortion clinics) and hold off procreation until then. Get a life before you have a sex life. Sex comes with responsibility.

[@maurbyrne]

And the result of the referendum in May 2018 was....... The Yes side has won the referendum on whether to repeal the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits abortion, by 66.4 per cent to 33.6 per cent. The total valid poll was 2,153,613, with 1,429,981 in favour of repealing and 723,632 against. Turnout was 64.13 per cent. So the women of Ireland can now get an abortion in Ireland.

[@marlondelibasic]

Jim you are pure gold! Cheers mate 🍻

[@sabbracadabra8367]

Death penalty for the doctors? How Christian of you...

[@michaelfarrell4824]

They should rename schools 'uterus' then maybe republicans will care about what's going on in them.....

[@NicoleSandersNAU]

UPDATE: The referendum passed and abortions in the first 12 weeks of pregnancies are available again as of Jan 2019, and in medical necessity cases after. This is how it should be. Good work activist.

[@playingwithkittycat8361]

One of your best investigative reports. Well done 👍🏼

[@jakkeday1]

Ultimately it's about whether you believe abortion is right or wrong. Whatever your stance you can come up with lots of reasons to support it or be against it, for example: -Life begins at conception vs life begins a different gestational ages. -God states it is wrong vs there is no God. -If abortion remains illegal then many women will die because of 'backstreet abortions' vs preventing illegal abortions is not the right reason for introducing legal abortions. -A woman has a right to choose what happens to her own body vs the fetus has rights. What I find interesting is that when a pregnancy is planned and then there is a miscarriage - the fetus is mourned as a lost life. However in an unwanted pregnancy it is often not considered a life at all. Personally, through my job, I have spoken to many women who were about to have an abortion. I'll be honest - I certainly felt uneasy when many said it was their 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 11th etc abortion. When you are involved in the process, it definitely challenges your perspective on the issue. I have also looked after children born at 23weeks but are now healthy toddlers & preteens. That definitely challenged what I used to consider the status quo that 24weeks is when a fetus becomes 'viable'.

[@emmarellda181]

i dont think god has anything to do with it. religion should not affect the law at all so the argument of whether god is real or not, should not matter. you cant make laws based off one religion when people in the country dont believe that religion.

[@liamsweeney4754]

Emmarellda1 totally true, Im hardline prolife but Im also an atheist

[@jakkeday1]

Emmarellda1 That's the point! Your particular opinion is that religion shouldn't affect the law. However there are many nations whose law is completely intertwined with a religion e.g. Sharia law & Islam. In fact the US constitution, although technically is separate from religion, was founded on Judeo-Christian principles. As I said it's all about your opinion / worldview. You believe religion & law should be separate but why should your opinion or belief system be more valid or 'right' that anybody else's?

[@VYDZ]

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[@ShadyHitchhiker]

I'm Irish and follow the news closely, and yet I have never heard of this Justin guy or even the political party he's from (it's not like we have so many that they'd get lost in the fold). Great video nonetheless.

[@jenster29]

ShadyHitchhiker he's right wing...of.course you're not gonna hear about him.on the news ffs right wing ideas allowed on rte? Ha ...riight

[@michaelcoughlan1381]

He's a complete headbanger, you may remember last year when he attempted to launch his national party and no hotel or venue would take him?

[@SM_zzz]

Michael Coughlan He listens to metal?

[@patrickmcnelis1372]

ShadyHitchhiker he hasnt even run in an election

[@TeaLeafThief]

MrT2000 you are literally the most uninformed person. Please, educate yourself and stop trying to form intelligent sounding sentences with your complete lack of understanding on the actual situation and the 8th amendments repercussions. You absolute mockery of the human race.

[@user-gu2zh7yp1t]

"If a dingo ate a Muslim baby, it probably would have vomited." - Jim Jefferies

[@STlTCHlZ]

It took every subatomic particle in Avi's body not to laugh at that joke, and then it took even more for him to act shocked and offended by it. Us Jim fans, we know he's been saying stuff like that ON camera for DECADES, and we love it. Avi catching him doing it off camera means jack shit lol, it's like you have no idea who Jim Jefferies is.

[@SuperWinter42]

@@STlTCHlZ Oh look a cut and paste bot.

[@STlTCHlZ]

@@SuperWinter42 Yeah, copy and pasting my comment to everybody who copy and pasted the one I'm replying to. So...Are you talking about me, or OP?

[@okeomslax26]

You talking to me

[@user-gu2zh7yp1t]

@@okeomslax26 Jim was.

[@SmugSuspenders]

I get knocked up, then I get up again, you are never gonna keep me down

[@vahidfarahani5142]

Please it's their choice.they are going to carry it.they are going to endure unimaginable pain. And afterwards raise the kids. Why should they do all the work with no choice to refuse it? Who am I,a man, to tell them what to do with their body.

[@qwertyCandy]

Truth is if these guys cared about what's best for children, they would never make them grow up unwanted, usually in poverty and with a sad mother who has lost any hope. How could anyone deserve that?

[@adrianfitzgerald]

I understand in the situation of rape and things like that why it is appropriate but in the other cases isn’t it better to live a life of poverty than live no life atall?

[@Zondac]

Irish Kiss No, not really. Never having lived isn't as bad as being forced into a life where you wish you were dead. Either way, it's not like you're disrupting anything too complicated. Neither the egg nor the sperm actually have any desire or intelligence, just basic genetic programming with a goal of parasitic growth.

[@DaThingOnTheDoorstep]

Or would it be better to give women the right to choose whether to carry a child to term allowing them to make an informed decision whether or not they can provide a stable and safe childhood?

[@chrislad24]

but is it ok to kill a kid

[@thomasriley4053]

Its easy ,just pray the baby away.

[@jilliansmith7123]

Andrew Christopher: if you have such low opinions of Western females, why on EARTH would you want one of them raising an innocent baby? OR to bring forth babies that have half their genes and will likely be self-indulgent and ready to kill fetuses for their own convenience? What kind of mother will she be? Sounds like you already think she'll be terrible. Nice thing to inflict on a newborn.

[@lisam8105]

@Andrew Christopher Self righteous asshole.

[@jemxs]

He should now do this in the USA!

[@kelvinkinyanjui4873]

The ride along from the airport is so petty; it's absolutely PERFECT! 😂😂😂😂

[@finneire1282]

National Party. Who are they? I live in Ireland....

[@Chipiliro613]

You have Wikipedia.

[@RockNRollaMAC]

Far-right party who believe in far-right party things.

[@cros13]

An unregistered "party" less than two years old who've never had any anyone elected to any office at any level including town councils. Even as someone involved in Irish politics since I was a teenager, the only reason I've heard of them is I noticed their launch event back in 2016 because my humanist meeting was in the room next door and they wouldn't turn down the PA.

[@cros13]

Grassroots my arse. Until you've competed in an election with actual voters there's no evidence you have any support whatsoever.

[@magbarcoe1277]

I hadn't heard of them either til a few days ago when 2 people came to my door from the National Party. They won't be getting a vote from me.

[@gedorfmibarah6111]

Of course, it's a religious issue. Intelligent people are prepared to discuss the development of a foetus when discussing a termination time-frame, but the religious can't deal with that - they go to a predictable extreme and say "Never! Life starts at conception." Many Catholics go further and say it starts before that! Ireland is, at last, waking up...

[@AndersJackson]

According to the bible, it start when the baby is born, not earlier. Now, no abortion law permit that late abortion, usually the right ends when the fetus turns into a baby that can live on itself outside the womb, when it has lungs that can breath. There are more of a culture and the will of men to control women, not that much about religion. There are religious people that both agree that abortion are needed to be allowed, and that even perform the procedure as nurses and doctors. And to be clear, No One Are Happy About Abortions. But that is not alone a reason to ban abortion. Not before week 12 or something like that, before the fetus can survive outside the womb.

[@VYDZ]

@@AndersJackson Researchers at Cambridge University, meanwhile, have kept a human embryo alive outside the body for 13 days using a mix of nutrients that mimic conditions in the womb. The embryo survived several days longer than previously observed and research only stopped because they were approaching the 14-day legal limit for the length of time an embryo can be kept in a lab. In other words, our ethics rather than our technology are now the limiting factor. The key to survival through ectogenesis is reproducing the conditions of the womb. As scientists become better at that, the gap between the longest time embryos can survive and the earliest time a foetus is viable will narrow. When the two timescales meet, we will have the technology for a complete external womb.

[@AndersJackson]

@@VYDZ interesting, any link to verify this? I don't believe anonymous people on YT without an references. Nothing personal. And even so, how about natural spontanious aborted fetuses? Shall we save those too? Especially when theological sources, The Bible, obviously don't think that until born, there is no human life worth punish for. And just because we as humans can, doesn't mean that we should do it. How long should a brain dead person be keept alive? When should the machines that support the corps turn of? When should the support of a fetus turn off? I would say that when a fetus/baby can survive on its own, when the lungs work, then we can start talking about a life. Not earlier. There are reasons that the body do spontanious abortion. And there are respons a woman doesn't want to have a baby. And the question to you are then, should pills and condoms and aöoke be allowed, under the cituation you claimed? Should wanking be considered abortion?

[@AndersJackson]

@@VYDZ that is not survive on its own outside the womb...

[@VYDZ]

@@AndersJackson www.vice.com/en_us/article/gyk3jq/artificial-womb-pregnancy-future-ectogenesis

[@zachrudman6680]

I love your work! Big up👍 you are a true brave hero, this is how true investigative journalism should look like

[@chrisconklin2981]

The people of Ireland spoke loudly for personal freedom.

[@darraghtate440]

Well, for women. Men can now be told by the to-be mother that they're going to be fathers, regardless of their own desires. Go personal freedom!

[@chrisconklin2981]

As to your per your desires - put a plug in it.

[@darraghtate440]

I honestly can't figure out what you mean by "As to your per your desires".

[@Flantomas]

I did, but Im not surprised you didnt.

[@seriekekomo]

Freedom to kill, good job.

[@Varrik159]

Hehe, the irritating guy's name is "Del" - I love it, one of my favourite films! :D

[@kiernan415]

I have a question... What is the punishment for the men who get the women pregnant in the first place??? 14 years for the woman, death penalty for the doctor, what about the man who couldn't keep it in his pants or take responsibility for it? You really want to end unwanted pregnancies? Try punishing men for their actions for a change. Guys, take some friggin responsibility here.

[@dylanroper1406]

kieran men can't get pregnant. Its the woman's responsibility to make sure she doesn't have unprotected sex (bar rape). The man can try to convince the woman not to use protection but the decision is hers.

[@sineadhunt9657]

im irish, there is no punishment for the man, and the 8th applied even in cases of rape

[@lounajushpe4906]

@@dylanroper1406 Wow, using the argument of the man's role in the abortion when convenient. when we're arguing about choice, people say "the father should also have a right to decide if they want to keep the baby, why is it only the woman who can choose?" But when we're talking about punishment, it's "the woman had the baby in her body, not the man, so he has nothing to do with the abortion". A lot of the times it's the man who convinces the woman to have an abortion you know that right?

[@josephscivoletto1912]

your an idiot

[@Hazed64]

But it's not the man that decides to go through with the abortion

[@jackwarren1687]

Her voice at the end was great

[@nealteitelbaum8660]

No to abortion but very quickly pro death penalty. Hmmm

[@mrsuperger5429]

Abortion is not a laughing matter, whichever one either approves or doesn't.

[@swordo9945]

FETUS DELETUS!!

[@AntoDesormeaux]

that irish christmas elf politician is infuriating, embarrassing and hilarious at the same time

[@napalmmonkey2191]

Justin Barret looks like a little kid in the car LMFAO

[@garymiller3403]

such a great video... Bravo!!

[@1IGG]

Damn Forrest is good. I didn't even recognize him. Love the podcast.

[@thomasdaly4597]

He’s against divorce. yet he is on his second marriage lol what 😂

[@jackwarren1687]

What the hell is a casual abortion???

[@sealot2420]

Keep your rosaries off my ovaries.... Classic

[@cleffa173]

The way they treated Justin was some WORLD-CLASS trolling.

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

6:56 - the cheese/tuna sandwiches in the back seat! Baha!

[@jdrebellove7460]

The way Jim raises his eyebrow is hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@caleb5234]

I loved the car ride XD

[@springrollwang4441]

I love the sandwitch

[@georgehayes6726]

It is just as disgusting for a guy to get a woman pregnant and leave her with it. He should get 14yrs prison time.

[@mytexasdays1526]

Why do men decide what happens to woman's body.

[@eamonmurphy3850]

The baby is in the woman’s body, it’s not the woman’s body.

[@eamonmurphy3850]

@Alle Warten Auf Das Licht not really. It may be a tough situation if she didn’t plan/want it, but it’s not “beyond reprehensible”. Killing that innocent life definitely is though.

[@bobjones9692]

I fucking love jim

[@jackiemoon1556]

Bob Jones He's a hack. Is he a hack comedian or leftist political activist? Both are just as bad as the other, maybe he's both, I knew I fucking hated Jim for a reason, just figured it out...

[@bobjones9692]

jackie moon you have your opinion. I have mine. No reason to fight. Have a nice day.

[@jackiemoon1556]

Bob Jones All good brother. Cheers.

[@bobjones9692]

jackie moon right back at ya. Thanks for being pleasant about it:)

[@bobjones9692]

jackie moon just trying to turn over a new leaf. Not long ago I would've jumped at the opportunity to argue. Just trying to be more positive. Thank you very much for the appreciation. Definitely makes me feel I'm on the right track.