pro life campaign ireland newsletter - birthright november 2007

8/9/2019 Pro Life Campaign Ireland Newsletter - Birthright November 2007

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99'Balloons99 Balloonss a video ribute elebrati nghe ifeof EliotHartmanMooney, or nwithTrisomy 8,who ivedust 99days.The ributewas pu t ogether y hisparents nd has become massive nlinehit.

At a t imewhensomequestionhevalueand dignity f unbornbabieswithspecial eeds, 9 Bal loonss a be auti ful nd poignantreminder f the inherentworthof each and evervhuman ife.The 6 minute ideo l ip s wel lworthwatching:www.yu ube. om watch v=th Ni qkq|

Northern IreFaffidAssemblyadopts stremg Br*-life staffi*eThe overwhelming upport n the NorthernrelandAssembly or the recentmotion.opposingny attempt oextend he g6TAbort ionActtoNorthernreland nd he aunch f theAl l-Party ro-Li fe roup n theAssembly re two highly ignificant evelopmentsn helpingpreserve pro-l i fe thos n lreland.The successof a furthermotion abledby JeffreyDonaldson,MP,MLAand lris Robinson,MP,MLAopposedto draftguidelines n abortion,ssuedby the Department f Health n January, lsoaugurswell or the future.At the launchof the All-PartyPro-LifeGroup n Stormont Nov2nd), he Chairman f the groupJeffreyDonaldson,eferred o it as a trulyhistoric ccasion or Northernrelandas members f different oliticalpartiesunited o protect he right o lifeof the unborn hild.Other peakers ho addressedhe aunch ncluded: at Ramsey SDLP),MLAandVice-Chair f the cross-partypro-life roup, ris Robinson,MP,MLA, PatriciaCasey,Professor f Psychiatry, CD,JohannaHiggins,Barrister, ernadette myth,Director f Precious ife,Nl. Sinn F in was the onlypolitical artyno treoresentedt the aunch.


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Gabrie l,ightwithhis winbrother euan =SS=s.==**=s \=.!SlS 5.'g-\-5-s:g..5\liS::S:i:'s=S..:::=:=-...i-After wo attempts y doctors o end his ife n the womb,Gabriel onesrefusedo di e andwas bornalongwithhis winbrothereuan.The wins mother, ebecca onessaid: lt rea lly s a miracle. octors arriedoutan operationo letGabriel ie yethe hungon. t wasunbel ievable.

WhenRebecca ndMarkJones twinboyswereat 20 weeksgestation,octorsold hem ha ta scanshowedGabriel ad an enlarged eartandwa sonlyhalf he sizeof his brother. heysaid hatGabriel condition ouldthreatenhe ifeof his brother nd hathe was unlikelyo survive utsidehewomb.At the irstattempt o end Gabriel life,doctors ried o severhis umbil icalor dbut t proved oo thick o cut.They hendecidedo cut he placentan two o separatehe two brothers ood and oxygen upplies ut werestunned o find he boys heartstillbeating he nextday.Seemingly ividinghe placenta elped edistributehechi ldren nutr i t ionupply, l lowing abrielo growstronger.Rebecca ays: There s sucha strong ondbetweenhem.Theyarealways olding andsand f one criesthe other eaches ut o comfort im.Doctorsr ied o break heirbond n hewomb,but hey ustproved tcouldn be broken.

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The recent rishTimessurveyon abortionSeptember007)claimingha ta majority f women avour egislationallowing bortionn certain ircumstances,gnores om ebasicbut undamental istinctionshat n urn effectivelyrenderhe indings eaningless.Thesurvey, l legingmajority upportor abortion,makesno distinctionetween thicalnterventionsnpregnancyo save he mothers ifeand nduced bortion here he unborn hild life s directlyargeted.Pollswhich g nore hese mportant istinctions ay serveas usefulpropagandaor pro-choiceampaignersbut do nothingo shednew ighton the debate.Whenpeople re askedmorestraightforwarduestionsn polls here s consistent ppositiono abortion.n themost ecentMillward rown/lMS oll, ommissionedy the Pro-Life ampaignMarch2007),77%of thosewh oexpressed n opinion upported constitutionalrohibitionn abortion, hileallowinghe continuationf theexisting ractice f ethicalnterventionn pregnancyo savea mother l ife.

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