Bound to happen.
Previously: Failing Savita
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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).
Members of Youth Defence/Life Institute launching their nationwide anti-abortion campaign earlier this month. From left: Lucy Mc Donald, Niamh Lu Bhriain and Aine O Connell.
Dr David Robert Grimes writes:
“One would require a large sample group over a long period to see whether the women were more likely to have mental issues than those in a control group.That is the methodology used by a group of doctors in Denmark who charted the psychological health of 365,550 women, including 84,620 who had had abortions.
…Essentially these studies found there was no difference in mental health between those who opted for abortion and those who carried to term. Curiously, there was a markedly increased risk to mental health for women who gave a child up for adoption.
A corollary of the research was that while women did not suffer long-term mental health effects due to abortion, short-term guilt and sadness was far more likely if the women had a background where abortion was viewed negatively or their decisions were decried – the kind of attitude fostered by “pro-life” activists.
This leads to the dark irony that while groups of this ilk claim to support women, they increase the suffering of women who have had abortions – the very women they ostensibly claim to help.”
DavidRobertGrimes.com (twitter: @drg1985)
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Meanwhile, On Youth Defence’s Facebook:
The “pro-aborts”.
Really?
Thanks Conor
Members of the Life Institute this afternoon launching the “biggest widespread information and awareness campaign ever seen in Ireland on the abortion issue”. More than 600 advertising sites will be used nationwide aligned with a massive leaflet drop to carry the “pro-life” message. Above from left: Fele Nic Mhathainn, Niamh Lu Bhriain, Lucy Mc Donald and Aine O Connell outside the Dail.
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)