Ireland To Vote On Repealing Constitutional Ban On Abortion, Milos Stehlik Reviews Oscar-Nominated Film ‘The Insult’ And Golden Globe-Winning Film ‘In The Fade’, And Weekend Passport: ‘NoMuslimBanEver’ Marks One-Year Anniversary Of Trump’s Travel Ban And ‘Black Panther Party 50 Year Retrospective’ Exhibit

Ireland To Vote On Repealing Constitutional Ban On Abortion, Milos Stehlik Reviews Oscar-Nominated Film ‘The Insult’ And Golden Globe-Winning Film ‘In The Fade’, And Weekend Passport: ‘NoMuslimBanEver’ Marks One-Year Anniversary Of Trump’s Travel Ban And ‘Black Panther Party 50 Year Retrospective’ Exhibit

By Worldview Staff

Feb 2, 2018, 5:15pm CT

Ireland's Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zapponethe and Prime Minister Leo Varadkar media on the government's plans for a referendum on Ireland's restrictive abortion laws, following a specially convened cabinet meeting at Government Buildings in Dublin Monday Jan. 29, 2018. Niall Carson/PA via AP

Ireland To Vote On Repealing Constitutional Ban On Abortion, Milos Stehlik Reviews Oscar-Nominated Film ‘The Insult’ And Golden Globe-Winning Film ‘In The Fade’, And Weekend Passport: ‘NoMuslimBanEver’ Marks One-Year Anniversary Of Trump’s Travel Ban And ‘Black Panther Party 50 Year Retrospective’ Exhibit

By Worldview Staff

Feb 2, 2018, 5:15pm CT

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On today’s show:

Pat Leahy, political editor of the Irish Times, discusses a referendum in Ireland that would amend the constitution to give Parliament power to make laws regulating abortion, where there is currently a near total ban.
Milos Stehlik reviews Oscar-nominated films The Insult and In The Fade.
Global citizen Nari Safavi talks about 90 Days, 90 Voices and Veterans for American Ideals’ “NoMuslimBanEver” and the Westside Justice Center’s “Black Panther Party 50 Year Retrospective” exhibit.