http://www.isfcc.org/2009/08/31/nine-reasons-why-a-conscientious-catholic-citizen-should-reject-the-treaty-of-lisbon/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:02:50 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.isfcc.org/2009/08/31/nine-reasons-why-a-conscientious-catholic-citizen-should-reject-the-treaty-of-lisbon/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Sean Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:02:50 +0000 http://www.isfcc.org/?p=481#comment-5 Abortion in Ireland will be legalized by the Lisbon Treaty since any, and all, Protocols may be easily done away with by the ECJ. "The Lisbon treaty’s ‘EU Charter of Fundamental Rights’ has the “same legal value as the Treaties” (Art. 6[1] Treaty of the EU). This means the Charter’s provisions supersede protocols and declarations, and this primacy is taken into full account when the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) is one day asked to rule over the issue." Abortion in Ireland will be legalized by the Lisbon Treaty since any, and all, Protocols may be easily done away with by the ECJ. “The Lisbon treaty’s ‘EU Charter of Fundamental Rights’ has the “same legal value as the Treaties” (Art. 6[1] Treaty of the EU). This means the Charter’s provisions supersede protocols and declarations, and this primacy is taken into full account when the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) is one day asked to rule over the issue.”

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