European Life Network (ELN) adds its voice with those who
seek an independent inquiry into the shocking revelations about pregnancy
counselling practices at Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) and Health Services
Executive (HSE) run clinics in Ireland. See previous ELN article dated 27.10.2012 which reports on the background.
The revelations from an undercover investigation into
taxpayer funded crisis pregnancy agencies, published in Saturday’s Irish Independent,
reveal a callous indifference to Ireland pro-life laws and a widespread culture
of disregard for women’s lives and health.
Dr Ruth Cullen in a statement called for “an independent
public inquiry into how such professional malpractice has been allowed to go
unnoticed and uncorrected by the agencies legally tasked with monitoring them.
Dr Cullen said: “Regardless of where one stands on abortion,
the findings raise huge issues about women’s lives and safety. They also raise
very serious questions about lax governance in the agencies.”
ELN are in full agreement with Dr Cullen who pointed out
that since the HSE and the Crisis Pregnancy Programme (CPP) are themselves
implicated in the failure of proper governance of the crisis pregnancy
agencies funded by them, they are part of the problem and obviously cannot be allowed to
supervise the investigation.
