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My parents got in with the wrong crowd at church on abortion views has caused huge family rifts since. About 10 years ago my aunt was in hospital her and my mum had a close sister moment and my aunt mentioned an abortion she had 28 years ago which made them on edge a bit but still talking. Then 2 years after that my cousin had an abortion as doctors said scans showed the skull hadn't formed and so the baby would be born in agonising pain for all of the few minutes/hours they could fight to keep them alive and/or pressing on the brain as they are pushed out kills them dead. Aunt+Uncle said to my cousin "we support you whatever" as any parent does, my parents then spoke to a hardliner anti abortion priest for guidance who branded all my aunts side of the family murders/supported murder ect and convinced my parents they won't get into heaven or whatever unless they shun them. For the first 5 years after my parents didn't even send them christmas cards and my aunt always made the effort even if it was ignored. In the last 2 years they started talking again barely.
I can only imagine in bits of Ireland it's like that but instead of 2 people it's the entire village so you can't drink at your local pub anymore and the village/church hall with all it's book clubs and stuff is off limits, your doctor isn't interested/won't treat you, ever order takeaway it's spat in, basically every which way possible people will be shit towards you.