So Niamh Uí Bhriain’s appearance on Fox News last month went largely unnoticed.
She repeatedly addresses the host Mike Huckabee as “Governor” even though his term as Governor of Arkansas ended in 2007.
Here are some of Niamh’s best quotes:
“Ireland without abortion is one of the safest places in the world to have a baby”
“The United Nations recently said we were the most safe place in the world for a mother to have a baby” – not so say a lot of people, including Sara Burke.
“But what was lost in the hysteria that arose was that the tragic death of Savita was actually nothing to do with abortion at all”
“The facts are starting to emerge and the facts tell us a totally different story”
“It’s important that people know this and they know that the hospital records show that Savita never asked for a termination.”
“What’s happening in Ireland is that this huge global hysteria that was manufactured by abortion campaigners they’re putting enormous pressure on the government to legalise abortion.”
“The reason why Ireland matters so much for global abortion campaigners like Planned Parenthood is because Ireland is like the proof, the scientific evidence that you can ban abortion and keep mothers absolutely safe.”
“And in Ireland, the people decided thirty years ago that we can offer better answers to women than abortion and that we can protect our mothers and our babies and that’s made Ireland like a ‘safe haven’ for mothers and babies.”
It is estimated that about 30 abortions per year are carried out in the country’s maternity hospitals (according to Professor John Crown last Thursday to the Oireachtas committeee).
