Posted on 08/19/2014 3:05:33 PM PDT by Morgana
Northern Ireland’s leading pro-life group, Precious Life, has condemned this week's announcement by Justice Minister David Ford that a consultation on changing the abortion law will be "ready by autumn." The government is considering allowing the killing of pre-born babies suspected of being disabled and those conceived through rape or incest.
“Abortion is a serious criminal offence in Northern Ireland,” said the director of Precious Life, Bernadette Smyth. “The law here protects unborn babies, and David Ford as Minister for Justice must ensure that all children are legally protected."
Last December, Ford revealed he would be undertaking a consultation to consider changes to the law after he heard the stories of two women, who complained that they had not been allowed to abort their babies who had been diagnosed with anencephaly. Instead, they said, they had traveled to Britain for abortions.
Abortion was refused under Northern Ireland’s laws because the diagnosis of anencephaly for the child poses no medical threat to the mother.
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On Monday Ford told the BBC that the Department of Justice would bring forward its consultation paper on changing Northern Ireland's abortion laws by the fall.
However, Smyth warned that “the core ethical principle which must underpin this discussion is that every child deserves the right to life regardless of how short their life may be, and regardless of the circumstances of their conception."
She vowed that Precious Life will launch a public campaign in support of the life of all unborn babies.
“We all feel enormous sympathy for parents in these traumatic and distressing cases," Precious Life stressed in a statement. "But parents in these difficult situations deserve much more than our sympathy – they need a professional support system in place, which will provide them with help, support and resources.
"Precious Life are resolved to work towards a solution that loves and protects both mother and baby. Once again we call on the Health Minister to immediately establish perinatal hospice services for parents who have received a poor or difficult prenatal diagnosis for their baby,” said Smyth.
Contact:
Justice Minister David Ford Department of Justice Stormont Estate Belfast, Northern Ireland BT4 3SG Phone:(028) 9076 3000 Email: via website (http://www.dojni.gov.uk/contact-us.htm)
Down syndrome and spina bifida are the main reasons abortion exists today. Its the two ones they screen for and the two ones parents cringe when they hear they have a pregnancy with.
I’m shocked to hear women say “get ‘it’ out of me” when they have a baby with downs inside of them. Same with another deformed baby.
Not the case if they are just having an abortion for other reasons. The baby is never an “it”.
Well that didn’t take long. Didn’t they just legalize abortion last year?
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