European Life Network has welcomed
the drop in the latest Irish abortion figures released by the British
Department of Health. The recently released 2011 figures show that the number
of Irish women travelling to Britain for abortions has once again decreased,
for the tenth consecutive year.
The figures show that in 2011, 4,149
Irish women travelled to Britain for abortions, down from 4,402 in 2010 and
4,422 in 2009. The 2011 figures show a marked decrease over previous
years. 2011 is the tenth consecutive year that Irish abortions have declined
and represents a 38% decline since the high of 6,673 Irish abortions in 2001.
Needless to say however while this
reduction is to be welcomed, the fact that over 4100 babies lives were
terminated in 2011 is a significant tragedy and more must be done to ensure
that every baby who is conceived will be brought to birth and welcomed into
our society.
Attitudes, which foster the idea of
abortion as any kind of a solution to pregnancy must be firmly rejected and
perpetrators and facilitators of this barbaric act who operate under the guise
of caring for women, must be exposed. Abortion is big business.
