Iona Institute Features

The cervical cancer vaccine: What the HSE isn't telling parents

The HSE's new vaccination campaign for school-girls isn't telling parents that moderating sexual behaviour lessens the risk of developing cervical cancer. Read more...

 

Made for children: why marriage has special status

The latest paper from The Iona Institute explains why marriage has special status and why this is not discrimination. Read more...

 

The Government's tax individualisation policy introduced in 1999 discriminates against single-income married couples by up to €6240 euro per annum. Read more...

 

Making Babies: Towards a child-centred view of Assisted Human Reproduction

The Government is planning to legislate in the currently unregulated field of Assisted Human Reproduction. We believe that, in doing so, it should put children first. Read more...

 

Marriage in Ireland: the facts and figures

Politicians and other policy-makers tend to take marriage in Ireland for granted, assuming it needs no help, that it is robust and will remain robust. The 2006 census showed otherwise. Read more...

 

The Council of Europe: what it is, why it matters

A number of developments have put the Council of Europe in the spotlight in the recent months. Here, we outline the some of the history and structures of the Council, and why it's important. Read more...

 

The Civil Partnership Bill and freedom of conscience

“You may feel that many churches and other religious organisations are wrong on matters of sexual ethics. But, if religious freedom means anything it must mean that those are matters for the churches and other religious organisations to determine for themselves in accordance with their own convictions.” The Church of England Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, Read more...

 

The benefits of religious practice

A new advertising campaign, the first ever of its kind, has been launched by The Iona Institute with the message, ‘Here’s a little science. The practice of religion is good for you’. Read more...

 

Teenage pregnancy and access to contraception

Policies aimed at reducing the English teenage pregnancy rate have not worked, Professor David Paton, has said in a talk organised by The Iona Institute. Read more...

 

Public lecture: What really reduces teenage pregnancy?

On Thursday, March 25, The Iona Institute will host a talk by Professor David Paton in response to proposals to give contraception to teenagers without parental consent. Read more...

 

The proposed children’s rights referendum

The wording (see page 15) of a possible children’s right amendment was finally published last month. It is lengthy and complex and gives rises to immediate concerns that it might give the State more power than it really needs to protect children, power that has been abused in other jurisdictions. The debate we should have must centre not on whether children or parents should have more rights, but on whether parents or the State should have more rights. Read more...

 

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