First-Ever Abortion Clinic in Ireland to Open Next WeekS  An
abortion clinic is set to open in Belfast next week. It will be
the first of its kind in all of Ireland, but extreme anti-
abortion groups could shut the service down before it has even
opened its doors.  An "outraged" Bernadette Smyth, founder of
the anti-abortion group Precious Life, vowed to pressure local
politicians into refusing to grant the clinic an operating
license. In a statement she said, "An organization which is
making profits from the death of unborn children is not welcome
in Northern Ireland."  Except, the organization in question,
Marie Stopes International, is actually a nonprofit, so Smyth
just comes off sounding ill-informed and fanatical. It's that
same lack of logic and stubborn refusal to bend that has put
many women in harm's way. Even though the Irish Supreme Court
legalized abortion in cases where the mother's life is
threatened way back in 1992, 20 years later the Irish Republic
has failed to put the law into effect, which