RTÉ ONE, Tuesday & Thursday 9.30pm
Prime Time
Thursday, 10 December 2009Presented by Miriam O'Callaghan
Ireland's abortion laws challenged in Europe
Keelin Shanley reports on the Government's failure to deal with the highly emotive and deeply divisive issue of abortion
Prof John Bonnar, Emeritus Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, TCD, and Dr Mary Favier, Doctors for Choice, discuss the issue
Sperm donor granted access to child
Edel MacAllister reports on the ruling handed down from the Supreme Court which states that a man who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple should have access to the child
Dr Deirdre Madden, Senior Law Lecturer, UCC, John Waters, writer and journalist, and Paul Kenny, gay rights activist, discuss the issue
Previous Programmes
09 December 2009
- Prime Time Special - Budget 2010
08 December 2009
- Budget 2010
- Study shows low rate of rape prosecutions
03 December 2009
- Prime Time - Death in Santa Cruz
01 December 2009
- Pressure mounts on Bishop Murray
- Recession presents chance for smarter economy
26 November 2009
- Prime Time Special: Dublin Diocesan Report
24 November 2009
- Parts of country devastated by flooding
- Public servants take to the picket lines
