 Your answer is to export and deny, exportation and denial, regardless of what the topic is. Export the issue to Britain. And did I even have it? Well, it does. 3,461 in 2015. 18 of which were under 16. DCU Debate Society's first event of the year took place last Thursday and saw students debate the issue of abortion. They discussed the pros and cons of repealing the 8th Amendment of the Constitution, which criminalizes abortion in Ireland. Our side is currently against the 8th Amendment simply because a vote against the 8th Amendment is a vote from complete and moderate uncertainty. What will replace the 8th Amendment in legislation? Nobody knows. Nobody has a longer plan. The pro-choice side has not given us a legal plan which they aspire to follow. So the vote against the 8th Amendment is a vote for complete and moderate uncertainty. It leaves a void in legislation, which then can be exploited any which way and nobody knows which way that could go. They are awful ideas that women go through. It is still the ordeal of an abortion, of going through and of obeying abortions. I would argue it is a greater ordeal than having the abortion performed on yourself. The crowd was also addressed by two keynote speakers on either side of the debate, which provoked a passionate response from one audience member. Okay, the murder edition. Let's deal with it. If you believe it's murder, don't do it. Okay? And if you don't believe it's murder, you shouldn't be stopped doing it. Most people in the world do not believe it's murder. What about the authority at all? Your profession isn't needed, is it? Yeah, that's it. Here, here. Ah, here's one more quick question. I want to paint your heart, you know. Come on, if you believe humanity, don't order it, okay? Okay. It's a great crime. Though the second speaker, who argued on the pro-life side, attracted less heated response. People here tonight need to be cognizant of the positive impact and influence the Eighth Amendment has had upon society. The truth is, our appeal of the Eighth Amendment would inevitably result in lives being lost. We heard Craig mention earlier, what way is this to treat women, when in fact we know when we looked to the UK, an investigation by newspaper in 2012 stated very clearly that abortions are taking place on grounds of gender. And guess which gender is being discriminated against and which gender is being aborted? Female babies. What way is that to treat unborn female babies? What way is it? What way to be treated? What way to be hold them in regard to our society? We spoke to society's chair, Seamus Cummins, about organising the event and making sure both sides received fair representation. Okay, so to keep the debate impartial, it's really hard, especially with such contentious topic issues. Like I did a little speech at the start, I just wanted to make sure that no one heckled, I didn't want anything happening that was like not above board. It can lose track of your head when matters of the heart come involved, you know, topical issues like this really does just split the population. So we had guest speakers from both sides, both sides were where I represented with boys and girl speakers, and we were completely impartial. The debate society's next event will focus on the issue of political correctness and whether political correctness has gone too far. Rebecca Lonely, DC of TV News.