My colleague Liam Gibson who is the development officer for the Northern Ireland branch of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children has commenced Blogging under the caption "A Way Of Life"Liam's BLOG of September 3rd is very inciteful and can be accessed on this Link
Liam writes:
Arguments of the Abortion Advocates: Part 1 "Need"
i) women will die during pregnancy if they don’t have access to abortion as part of maternal healthcare,
ii) a woman pregnant through rape must not be forced to carry the child of their attacker,
iii) women are traumatised when they are forced to deliver babies with disabilities.
In April 1992, Ireland’s foremost obstetricians stated: “As obstetricians and gynaecologists, we affirm that there are no medical circumstances justifying direct abortion, that is, no circumstances in which the life of a mother may only be saved by directly terminating the life of her unborn child.”*
Despite the fact that the Republic of Ireland has one of the lowest maternal mortality rates in the world it is the first of these three arguments which is currently being used to attack legal protection for unborn children. Here in Northern Ireland it is the question of rape that is being cited. But in both these cases once the initial argument has been made abortion advocates have begun to introduce the third, the need for eugenic abortions.
There
is no scientific evidence that abortion has any health benefits but
literally hundreds and hundreds of studies which demonstrate the risks.
(The BBC recently highlighted yet another study on
the danger of premature delivery in subsequent pregnancies.) Before the
claim that abortion is necessary to save the lives of women is exposed
as a fiction the abortion lobby has to change the focus of the debate
and the eugenic argument is the next step.
The
same is true concerning the question “what about rape?” Even in cases
of rape abortion kills and innocent child and carries the same dangers
for women as it does in other situations. The nature of the issue,
however, means that anyone who suggests that offering abortion is not a
compassionate response to women traumatised by rape is immediately
shouted down. But legalising abortion only for cases of rape would not
bring about the real aim of the abortion industry which is abortion on
demand. The sympathy instinctively felt for the victims of rape has to
be redirected towards all women regardless of their circumstances. The
next step in this process is to focus on the plight of women expecting
disabled children and portray abortion as the cure they need.
When looked at closely the claims that abortion is necessary are shown to be merely the first step in overcoming public opposition to abortion. Ultimately the real arguments of the abortion industry are not based upon need but on “choice.”
When looked at closely the claims that abortion is necessary are shown to be merely the first step in overcoming public opposition to abortion. Ultimately the real arguments of the abortion industry are not based upon need but on “choice.”
*‘Statement by Obstetricians’
John Bonner, Eamon O’Dwyer, David Jenkins, Kieran O’Driscoll, JuliaVaughan, 1 April 1992.
