Ireland and American culture project

Last week, I had the privilege to listen to 10 presentations about American and Irish culture.
First, I went to 3 American presentations : The first one was about San Francisco and the Bay Area by Marina Margeta. It was very interesting because she spoke very freely about her topic and was very confident. She showed us a lot of images in order to make us discover this area. She went there so maybe that's why she managed to make it so interesting.

Then, I watched the Two More For Mount Rushmore presentation from Katharina Pelich: I also liked it as I learned more about the important presidents in the USA.
For the third presentation, I had the honor to learn more about the dangerous prisonners groups in the USA, with for example, The Aryan Brotherhood. She brought a lot of knowlegdges in this hard problem and it was very interesting.

In the evening, I watched 7 presentations from students in Irish culture. There were the Irish Film Industry by Dunja Deveci, the Ireland' contribution to the world of video games by Arthur Shefer, the Abortion law in Ireland by Andrina Dolinsek, which was very interesting, How the world sees Bobby Sands by Alexandra Pasca, Reek Sunday on Croagh Patrick by Katrin Wiesinger, The drug scene in Dublin by Lisa-Marie Vido and the Fleadh Choil na hEireann by Sabrina Michelitsch.

I think that these Culture projects presentations are really a good idea because you can have a lot of different knowledges about one particular culture. We don't have this kind of things in France, where everything is so well organized !

In this article, I will focus on one presentation particularly because I really liked it. It is the Abortion Law in Ireland. When I went to Ireland, especially in Limerick, I saw a lot of young women with a baby carriage. Furthermore, there were a lot of children in Limerick. So I asked to some friends I met for more informations and an African boy who lived in Ireland for 5 years answered me that Abortion in Ireland is not allowed by the government. I was very surprised because I thought that every developped countries in Europe had this law. The scandal about the woman who died because doctors refused to make an abortion while she was doing a misscarriage make me really astonished. They didn't want to make her abort because the foetus was still alive.
I really don't understand this behaviour. We are in 2013 and we all know that as soon as a girl has period and sexual relations, she can have a baby if she doesn't protect herself. When we are 17 or even 20 years old and if we don't have any job, we are not ready to have a baby. Unfortunately, accidents happen and it is at this moment that Abortion is needed. Sometimes, pills are not reliable so an accident is quickly arrived.

So even if Ireland is a very catholic country, the government should support Abortion in Ireland because it is not a matter of religion but of society and quality of life. I think it is a serious problem...