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Ireland Government Tells UN: We Won't Support Abortion

The government of Ireland has a message for the United Nations Human Rights Council: We"re not interested in legalizing abortion. Today, the council published its draft report on Ireland's human rights record as part of the UN's Universal Periodic Review.

The report included recommendations from six countries for Ireland to bring in abortion and, while the Irish government accepted many of the recommendations in the report, it rejected all the calls relating to abortion. The countries that pressured Ireland to introduce abortion were Holland, Germany, Denmark, Slovenia, Norway and Spain.

Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter, representing the Irish Government at last week's UPR public session in Geneva, was questioned on a wide range of human rights related issues. Some 60 stakeholders and NGOs made submissions to the Universal Periodic Review involving Ireland.

The Pro Life Campaign, as an accredited NGO of the United Nations, was represented in Geneva by Caroline Simons, legal consultant to the campaign. Responding to the decision to reject abortion, Dr Ruth Cullen of the Pro Life Campaign told LifeNews that her group "welcomes the decision of the Government not to support recommendations from a number of countries for Ireland to introduce abortion."

"These calls for abortion legislation fly in the face of the UN's own recent research showing that Ireland, without abortion, is a world leader in terms of safety for women in pregnancy," she said. Ref. Source 5

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Report Shows Ireland's Pro-Life Abortion Laws Benefit Women

A new report shows that Irish women have benefitted from our ban on abortion, linking our low abortion rate to low incidences of breast cancer and comparative good mental health among women. Ref. Source 3

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Ireland Dáil Defeats Socialist's Bill to Legalize Abortion

The Irish Dáil has defeated a bill pro-life groups strongly opposed that would legalize some abortions and potentially imprison pro-life advocates who provide women with abortion alternatives counseling.

Clare Daly, Mick Wallace and other abortion supporters in the Dáil put forward the Medical Termination Bill but pro-life barrister Johanna Higgins helped pro-life organizations like the Life Institute, Youth Defence and the Pro-Life Campaign alert their members to its pro-abortion components.

"Daly seeks to repeal the criminal law prohibiting abortion in relation to those abortions which fall within her Bill," Higgins explained. "Given the wide-reaching provisions in her Bill, this would make the criminal law against abortion in the Republic a dead letter. This is a bold move, as even the Abortion Act in Britain only presents a defense to the criminal law, where as Daly seeks to obliterate the criminal legislation." Ref. Source 5

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Huge rally in Ireland to protest death of Indian woman who was denied abortion:

Thousands of people rallied outside Ireland's parliament on Wednesday to demand strict abortion rules be eased after a pregnant Indian woman repeatedly denied a termination died in an Irish hospital. Ref. Source 1

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Doctor: Savita's Death No Reason to Change Ireland Pro-Life Law

Savita Halappanavar was an Indian woman who tragically died in Ireland from overwhelming infection after allegedly being denied an abortion. Ref. Source 6

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Ireland Govt Called "Dishonest" for Saying New Bill "Restricts" Abortions

The government of Ireland is coming under fire from a top pro-life group, which says it is "dishonest" for governmental leaders to call the new bill on abortions "restrictive" when it opens the door for legalized abortion. Ref. Source 4

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Poll: Irish Want Free Vote, Referendum on Abortion Not Government Bill

An opinion poll carried out by Amárach Research on behalf of the Life Institute and Family and Life shows that the vast majority of Irish voters believe Taoiseach Enda Kenny is wrong to try to force pro-life TDs and Senators to vote for his abortion legislation.

It also shows that 86 per cent of voters would prefer to see the abortion issue resolved by popular referendum than by the politicians in Leinster House. A similar proportion believe that if legislators are to decide the issue they should be allowed a free vote. Ref. Source 1

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Final Vote on Ireland Bill Legalizing Abortions Coming Next Week

Although polling data and massive public rallies show the Irish people are opposed, the Ireland Parliament took the first step to legalize some abortions with a 138-24 to allow abortions. Ref. Source 3