Pro Life Campaign Ireland Newsletter - Birthright Winter 2004

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nIhe newsletterf the ProLifeCatrnpaignTheProLifeCampaignsa non-denominat ionalobbygroup, rawingtssupportfroma wide r oss-sectionof rish ociety.1_ Campaignromotespro- l i feducat ionnddefendsumanife t a l l

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SineadGleeson nd CoraSherlockat he recent LCAGM.

Buildingculturef i fe nvolveshangingocialrends nd hat akesime.Tostay hecourse. emust ace urselves.hepro-l i feommunitys here orthe ong aul.Weneed ouragend trengtho cl imb ack pafterhesetbacksalongheway.Bu twe alsoneedhe -rnwarreringope ha.t .llou,sspergsilTphe ncrediblepositiveevelopmentsreakingutworldwide.hedenial f heunborn,hewholerationaleor egalisedbortion,sdeflatingike puncturedalloon.venDavidSteele,rchitectf Britain'sbortionct, owacknowledgeshe awneedschanging.tdidn'turn utasheexpected.n heUS, oo, heabortionobbyison hedefensiveCongressasbannedartial irth bortion.Asa recent rticlen heEconomistcknowledged,the ro-l i fe ovementasrepeatedlyut-manoeuvredheother ide.,. decade go, ro-l i fersere eenascranks...odayhepicturesvery i fferent."t ci tes ecent urveysf col legefreshmenn heUSshowing marked ecreasensupportor egalisedbortion.The ide s urninghere. ndwhat's appeninghere oday appensere omorrow.Not hatweshould nderestimatehechallengeshead. he hreatsrenumerousand eal, angingrom ossibleegal hal lengeso heconsti tutionalrotectionftheunbornhildo he undingfdestructiveesearchn iving uman mbryos.Yet,hepositiventernationalevelopmentstrengthenurabil i tyo meet hechallengesere t home. hey howhat rogressn hesessuesomes nesteo t a time.In hecoming onthsheProLi{eCampaigni llwork irelesslynd maginatively,re-energisingnd estructuringheorganisationoot-and-branch.here remanyreasonso be upbeat bout he uture ut t will equire lotof committedeoplesteppingp o hemarko maket al lhappen.ffi


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Abortion is a reflectionthat we have not metthe needsof women.'Womendeservebetterthan abortion.:,

Fewer women trhvelling for abortionsThe atest bortionigures ublishedy heBritishDepartmentf Health. howa reductionnthenumber f rishwomenravellingo Britainorabortion.n 2003 ome ,320womenravelled,owntrom6,522 n thepreviousear.This sthe second onsecutiveear rishabortionseclined fterovera decade f upwardrends.Hopefully,he eductionignalshe ide s urningn heright irection.he igures, owever,remain igh,allowing o room orcomplacency.Onepossible xplanationor he reductions the2002abortioneferendum.rrespectivef howpeople ctually oted, hedebate nd hepublicity rovided n oppodunityo reflect n the dignityof humanifeand hehumanilyf heunborn hiid.The igure f 181,582 bortionsor hesame eriod n residentsf England ndWalesrepresents9.2% f ive-births,oughly times igherhan he ate n reland.'StatisticalBulletin,SummaryAbortion Statistics,Englandand Wales:20A3

Hopes of patients cruellyexploited in stem cell debateEmbryonictem ell esearchs ncreasinglyecorningho tpoliticalssue.Much f he hetoricndpublic iscourseo datehas ocussedn hepotentialf such esearchn indinguresorchronicdiseasesnddisabilities.t is misleadingo thepoint f crueltyo raise alsehopes y claimingha tstem-cell-basedherapiesre us taroundhecorner, rovidedundingor researchs made vailable,In act,most eadingcientisisn he ieldhavemade t clear hat t's ikelyo takedecades efore nysuch ures re ound.nanyevent, mbryonictem ell esearchnvolveshedestructionfhumanlifeat ts ragile eginnings,akingt entirely nacceptableroman ethical tandpoint.In hecontext f heCommissionnAssisted eproduction'sepod,heGovernmentasa constitutionalobligationo defend uman mbryosromharmhereand n heEU.Fundinghould nlybe givenoadult tem-cellesearch,hichsscienlificallyromisingndethicallyon-controversial.heGovernmenlshould ommittselfo makingreland centre f excellenceoradult tem-cellesearchnd ndoingso unapologeticallyespecthedignity fevery umanife.


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GPA produces' idbologicallymotivated surveyTheCrisis regnancygencyecentlyublishedsurvey nabortion.t is best escribedssloppyandmisleading.he indingsun ontraryo most ther urveysnattitudesoabortionn reland.Thewidely ublicisedelephoneurveylaimsmorehanwo-thirdsf 18-45ear lds avour bortioninsome ircumstances.t also lleges1% upportbortionndemandndanother9% upportabortionn cedain ircumstances.Weretaccurate,t wouldmeanrish ttitudesoabortionremuchmore ermissivehan ountrieslikeBritainnd heUSwhere bortionswidelyvailable.hisssimplyot he ase.Theunreliabr]itY-l ry.qllthe,surveystemsnpart romhe ramingf some uestions.hus,hequeitionn Oottionhe" th. prrgrrncyoiorrlyenOangeredf'ewornan'sealth;'doesotqualifywhetherr not t refersocurrent edicalracticen relandnvolvingnterventionsnpregnancyo savethe ifeof hemother,here very ttemptsalsomadeopreservehe ifeof heunborn.heresahuge istinctionetweenuch thical roceduresnd nducedbortion,hich irectlyargetshe ifeof heunborn.nysurvey hichgnoreshisdistinctionil lgive puriousesults.TheCrisis regnancygency'semits o,helpeducehe ncidencef abortion.t'shighimeheystartedoinghat nsteadfwastingime ndmoney n deologicallyotivatedurveys.

EU undermines US embargoby awarding UNFPA$75mTheEUhas armarkednadditionalS$75 illionor heUnited ationsopulationund(UNFPA)o override ashington'sngoingmbargoncontributionso heUNagency.ince 000,theUShas efusedhe$34millionormallyiveno UNFPAecausef tssupportorChina'sone-child/coercivebortionolicieshich iolate S oreignid estrictions.heEU's 75millionallocations nadditiono heUS$233 illionthasalreadyontributedo heUNFPAudget.TheProLifeCampaignontinueso obbyhe rishGovernmentemandingcessationof rishundingo heUNFPA.


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Pro Life Campaign Ireland Newsletter - Birthright Winter 2004