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Maria Steen is an Irish conservative campaigner. She is a qualifed Architect and a Barrister. She is a member of the Iona Institute, and campaigned unsuccessfully against same-sex marriage, and abortion in Ireland.

Involvement in same-sex marriage referendum

In the run up to the 2015 Irish same-sex marriage referendum, she was one of the members of the Iona Institute who threatened legal action against RTÉ over claims from Rory O'Neill that the Iona Institute were homophobic, and received part of the €85,000 settlement ({{aka}} "Pantigate").^[1]^[2]

She participated in TV debates on the run up to the referendum.^[3] Ultimately, the referendum was approved by 62% of voters on a turnout of 61%.^[4]

Anti-abortion campaigning

She opposed the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, which legislated for the X Case after the A, B and C v Ireland decision from the ECHR, claiming it was "wrong and unnecessary".^[5]

She represented the Iona Institute at the Citizen's Assembly, which was discussing Irish abortion law.^[6]^[7] She campaigned for a No vote in the 2018 Irish abortion referendum, which was approved by the Irish electorate. She often participates in TV debates.^[8]^[9]^[10] The referendum was passed by the Irish electorate by a 66% majority.

Personal life

Born Maria Davin, she is married to Neil Steen SC, they have four children, who are home schooled.^[11] She is a qualified barrister, but has not practiced since the birth of her children.^[7]^[8] Steen is a qualified AMI Montessori teacher. She has written for The Irish Catholic newspaper.^[12] Her aunt is Senator Joan Freeman, who unsuccessfully ran in the 2018 Irish presidential election.^[13]

See also

References

1. ^{{cite news|newspaper=Irish Indepdent|date=2 February 2014|title=RTE paid out €85,000 in 'homophobe' row|quote=The remaining Iona Institute members who threatened legal action against RTE were Dr Patricia Casey, the well-known psychiatrist; Dr John Murray and Ms Maria Steen.|first1=Willie|last1=Kealy|first2=Niamh|last2=Horan|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/rte-paid-out-85000-in-homophobe-row-29971734.html}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/columnists/michael-clifford/same-sex-marriage-panto-descends-into-farce-258118.html|title=Same-sex marriage panto descends into farce|first=Michael|last=Clifford|date=8 February 2018|newspaper=Irish Examiner}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://ionainstitute.ie/iona-speakers-take-part-in-marriage-referendum-debates/|title=Iona Speakers Take Part In Marriage Referendum Debates|quote=Maria Steen appeared on RTÉ’s final TV debate of the campaign on Prime Time, hosted by Miriam O’Callaghan.|publisher=Iona Institute|date=29 May 2015}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/results/2015/referendum/ssm/|agency=RTÉ|title=National Summary Results|date=23 May 2015|accessdate=23 May 2015}}
5. ^{{cite news|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=18 December 2018|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/groups-respond-to-abortion-decision-1.755410|title=Groups respond to abortion decision|first=Ciara|last=Kenny|quote=Spokeswoman for the religious advocacy group the Iona Institute Maria Steen said it would be “wrong and unnecessary” to allow abortion in cases where there is deemed to be suicidal intent. “Irish law already allows the ending of a pregnancy when there is no other choice and there is a clear threat to the life of the mother,” she said.}}
6. ^{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36I0LYiBRVs|title=Advocacy Groups and Representative Organisations: Session 4 - Citizens' Assembly (March 5 2017)|publisher=Citizens' Assembly|date=5 March 2018}}
7. ^¹{{cite web|url=https://www.citizensassembly.ie/en/Meetings/Fourth-Meeting-of-the-Citizens-Assembly-on-the-Eighth-Amendment-of-the-Constitution.html|title=Fourth Meeting of the Citizens' Assembly on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution|publisher=Citizen's Assembly|quote=The Iona Institute will be represented by Maria Steen.}}
8. ^¹{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/maria-steen-will-take-part-in-tv3-debate-having-previously-pulled-out-1.3505341|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=23 May 2018|title=Maria Steen will take part in TV3 debate having previously pulled out|last=Bardon|first=Sarah}}
9. ^{{cite episode|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/player/2018/0119/21303861-8th-amendment-debate/|title=8th Amendment Debate|series=Prime Time|date=21 January 2018|network=RTÉ One}}{{cite website|url=https://ionainstitute.ie/maria-steen-debates-the-abortion-issue-on-prime-time/|date=22 January 2018|publisher=Iona Institute|title=Maria Steen debates the abortion issue on Prime Time}}
10. ^{{cite episode|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/player/claire-byrne-live-web/2018/0515/|title=Referendum Special|series=Claire Byrne Live|network=RTÉ One|date=15 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://ionainstitute.ie/maria-steen-discusses-the-abortion-referendum-on-rtes-claire-byrne-live/|title=Maria Steen discusses the abortion referendum on Claire Byrne Live|date=17 May 2018|publisher=Iona Institute}}
11. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/john-waters-panti-and-me-brendan-oconnor-returns-30614935.html|quote=My kids ended up playing with their kids and Sarah got talking to them and it emerged that they had home schooled their kids. We ended up in the bar one night and I said to the wife, "I heard you've home schooled the kids." And she turned to me - and it was like something from a Tennessee Williams play - and said: "I believe I have you at a disadvantage. I'm Maria Steen [of The Iona Institute].|title=John Waters, Panti and me - Brendan O'Connor returns|date=29 September 2014|first=Donal|last=Lynch}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.irishcatholic.com/author/maria/|title=Maria Steen, Author at The Irish Catholic|publisher=The Irish Catholic}}
13. ^{{cite news|title=Catholic support for Joan Freeman tackling the presidency|newspaper=The Times|date=8 July 2018|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/catholic-support-for-joan-freeman-tackling-the-presidency-78vt525d9|first=Justine|last=McCarthy}}