{"id":295364,"date":"2023-07-26T11:42:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T16:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=295364"},"modified":"2023-07-28T05:45:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T10:45:07","slug":"viral-oppenheimer-star-pro-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/viral-oppenheimer-star-pro-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral photos of &#8216;Oppenheimer&#8217; star\u2019s pro-abortion activism resurface"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>One of the stars of the hit movie &#8220;Oppenheimer&#8221; is being applauded on social media for abortion activism, which helped lead to the legalization of abortion in previously pro-life Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Cillian Murphy, an Irish actor, has frequently collaborated with director Christopher Nolan, and currently stars as the scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer in Nolan&#8217;s latest movie, which is already a box-office success. On the heels of the film&#8217;s success, one Twitter user recalled the time Murphy marched for abortion in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cillian Murphy might be the star of a massive movie atm but to me he will always be the guy that showed up in the rain to our abortion rights marches,&#8221; user Ciara87C <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ciara87C\/status\/1682871762269118464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>, including a picture of Murphy wearing a black hoodie in the rain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EWDr025NR8\">pic.twitter.com\/EWDr025NR8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ciara (@Ciara87C) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ciara87C\/status\/1682873107365924864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The tweet quickly went viral, receiving hundreds of thousands of likes and nearly 10 million views.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland&#8217;s abortion referendum was in 2018, and in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishcentral.com\/news\/cillian-murphy-abortion-referendum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> before the vote, Murphy pressed for men to opt for legalization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMen and women are custodians of this society and we both decide what\u2019s going to happen for our future. I feel that very, very strongly. And I think, you know, that you can be well-intentioned and say \u2018look, it should be for women to decide this\u2019, but we need to go out and support women on this,&#8221; he said, adding, \u201cThat\u2019s the really the thing that has hit home the most because I have a lot of friends that are out canvassing and that are working on behalf of various campaigns and then you hear that from men, they support it, but they\u2019re like \u2018we don\u2019t want to get involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">even sent a cake &amp; a lovely note down to the together for yes headquarters the week of the referendum too <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CNf8Zod7Rl\">https:\/\/t.co\/CNf8Zod7Rl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BvpWYnBjWh\">pic.twitter.com\/BvpWYnBjWh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 3dave-p (@Davependo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Davependo\/status\/1682884833863929858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Since legalization, abortion in Ireland has <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ireland-abortions-all-time-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skyrocketed<\/a>, far past original projections.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Department of Health in Ireland, 8,156 abortions were committed in 2022; the year before, in 2021, there were 6,700 abortions committed, making for a 22% jump in just one year. In the years <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-44659531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">before legalization<\/a>, the numbers were significantly lower &#8212; just 15 in 2017 and 25 in 2016. Additionally, others are already attempting to eliminate the <a href=\"https:\/\/righttolife.org.uk\/news\/irish-abortion-review-recommends-doctors-be-immune-from-prosecution-for-abortion-up-to-birth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">waiting period<\/a> currently necessary for women who want to abort; government <a href=\"https:\/\/righttolife.org.uk\/news\/thousands-of-women-in-ireland-had-their-babies-instead-of-abortion-after-three-day-waiting-period\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> found that between 2019 and 2021, 3,951 women did not return for a second consultation after their first visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the stars of the hit movie &#8220;Oppenheimer&#8221; is being applauded on social media for abortion activism, which helped lead to the legalization of abortion in previously pro-life Ireland. 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