When the X Case story broke in 1992, it sparked a months-long media frenzy in Ireland, all with the intent of opening the door to abortion and securing the right for minors to access abortion. There was the infamous Martyn Turner cartoon in The Irish Times at the time featuring a map of Ireland surrounded by barbed wire with a girl standing in the middle, next to the words: “The introduction of internment in Ireland… for 14-year-old girls”. Day and night, the media bombarded the public with reports demanding the introduction of abortion.
However, when news broke earlier this week that a minor in Ireland was recently locked in a room and forced to take abortion pills, it was met with no cartoons emblazoned across the front page of The Irish Times or indeed wall to wall media coverage. Aside from a small mention in The Irish Examiner, there was stunned silence in the media about this truly horrifying case.
Fair play at least to the Examiner for reporting on the story. But the refusal of the mainstream media in general to shout from the rooftops about the obscenity of a minor being held prisoner in a room to undergo an abortion is proof that their tears and outrage are strictly reserved for stories that serve a pro-abortion narrative.
We know that coercive abortion is not an isolated reality wherever abortion is legal. Research conducted recently by Savanta ComRes for BBC Radio 4, revealed that 15% of women in the UK (aged 18-44) said that at some point in their life they experienced pressure to go through with an abortion they didn’t want to have.
Earlier this year, in reply to a parliamentary question on telemedicine abortion from Carol Nolan TD, the HSE conceded that “meeting the woman in person increases the likelihood of the provider identifying any coercion or domestic abuse”. Despite this, the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has continued to defend at home telemedicine abortion and has indicated that the Government intends to allow the practice to continue.
As for the media, they appear much more preoccupied with giving cover to the pro-abortion movement than protecting the welfare of women and vulnerable children from coercive abortion. Journalism has been replaced by zealous campaigning when it comes to the abortion issue. Troublingly, that has proven to be the case once again this week.
We are very pleased to announce that Irish born Dr Dermot Kearney will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Pro Life Campaign National Conference which takes place in the RDS Concert Hall on Saturday 12th November from 12-3.30pm. This event will take place on Saturday, 12th November.
Dr Kearney, who has saved many unborn babies from the brink of abortion, will talk about his work assisting mothers to reverse the effects of the first abortion pill, his recent vindication by the UK’s General Medical Council following a series of complaints made against him by pro-abortion campaigners, and his plans for the future to make the treatment known as Abortion Pill Reversal much more widely available.
To hear Dr Kearney talk about Abortion Pill Reversal and the plans for the future to make the life-saving treatment more widely accessible, register hereto attend the PLC’s National Conference 2022. Seating is limited so be sure to register today to avoid disappointment!
One of the positives of social media is that good content can do well and go 'viral'. We've seen this over and over again with the positive and compelling stories of women having their babies against the odds, more and more babies surviving prematurity and more than ever better imagery of the unborn baby in the womb.
Here's a reel we came across on Facebook. If you come across similar, please email them to us so we can in turn share them on our platforms.
When Megan Watkins' water broke at 21 weeks, doctors advised her to abort her twin daughters. She refused to do so and at 25 weeks Peyton and Oakley were born. Tragically, Peyton died soon after birth, but Megan says both of her little angels were worth fighting for.
Watch this short heartwarming video featuring Megan and baby Oakley!
Harry and Harley Carne, the youngest surviving premature twins born in Britain have celebrated their first birthday this week and they together with the mum and dad appeared on the BBC.
The twins were born at just 22 weeks and five days gestation - which is well below the abortion limit in Britain and are doing well. You can follow their Instagram account here
Hopefully inspiring stories like that of these beautiful babies bring about a change of attitude towards abortion in Britain and elsewhere.
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly is expected to make a decision very soon on whether to end or sanction the continuation of telemedicine home abortions.
In a very distrubing new finding, 15% of women in the UK said they experienced pressure to go though with an abortion they didn't want to have.*
The HSE in Ireland recently acknowledged** that coercion is MORE likely to occur when abortions happen remotely.
Telemedicine abortion is anti-woman as well as anti-baby.
Take one minute to send an INSTANT message to your TDs asking them to urge the Minister for Health to immediately STOP telemedicine abortion now that Covid 19 measures have been eased in every other area.
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