Dublin: "Rally for Life draws huge crowd"

This was on July 1st, as a possible referendum is to be held on Amendment 8, which upholds the right to life of the pre-born.

Here are some links and a video -

Rally For Life Draws Huge Crowd

The loudest cheers of the day were for Karen Gaffney, a leading international advocate for people with Down Syndrome who urged the crowd to protect the 8th as it protects the right to life of “people like me”, and warned that in other countries, aggressive screening programmes aim to ensure that people with Down Syndrome are aborted. “We want to belong, don’t screen us out,” she said.

Vicky Wall from Every Life Counts moved many to tears as she spoke movingly about her daughter Líadán who was diagnosed with a life-limiting condition, Trisomy 18. “Liádán’s life was protected by the 8th amendment, she was given the respect as our daughter. Even though she had a life-limiting condition, she was loved and valued as much as her brother and sister. All she knew was love.”

"The real Citizens Assembly"

“This is the real Citizens Assembly, this is the real voice of the Irish people, and we are here to tell Mr Varadkar that he will lose referendum he is so eagerly pushing, because we, the people, have arisen to Save the 8th, and we, the people, demand a better answer than abortion for our mothers and babies,” she said to prolonged applause.

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The Life Institute spokeswoman said that people had been horrified by the extreme recommendations recently issued by the assembly set up by the government, which included abortion ‘without restriction’ and abortion on socio-economic grounds.

 

Comments

[Eileen Peterson]

Praying for the protection of LIFE in Ireland!