Theresa Heaney of Mothers Alliance Ireland has issued a strongly worded appeal to Irish politicians to reject any proposal to legislate for abortion, which we are printing in full below.
As a former nurse, who trained in a London hospital, where
abortions were routinely carried out, I appeal to Irish politicians
who are considering legislating for abortion, to think beyond that
word
‘abortion’ to the reality of the horrendous act of violence
that is perpetrated against the child in the womb and against the mother
of the child killed by abortion. (Thank God I was exempted by the ward sister from administering medication or having anything to
do directly with abortion. I was exempted because I was Irish. It was
generally understood and accepted in the 1980's that Irish nurses did
not participate in abortion because of our faith and our
culture.)
To every Irish politician I ask, which act of abortion are
you considering legislating for?
It could hardly be the Suction Abortion, whereby a hollow
pipe with a sharp tip is fed into the womb. It sucks the little baby out
by tearing the developing baby apart, sucks the pieces through
the tube
and deposits them in a bag. The body pieces are then
assembled by the abortionist or the assistant, to ensure that all the 'baby
parts' are accounted for.
The Dilation and Curettage (D&C method) achieves a
similar result, except it is done with a sharp looped knife that scrapes the
wall of the uterus.
Then the baby is cut up, before body parts are removed from the womb.
Then, there is abortion by Dilation and Evacuation, where
the baby is dismembered, limb by limb. The surgeon waits for the baby to
bleed to death before proceeding. In some cases, he crushes its head, to allow it to pass through the cervix.
The violence inflicted on the unborn through the procedure
of Saline Abortion is no less barbaric. Approximately 200 mls of
amniotic fluid is withdrawn from the womb and replaced with a concentrated
saline (salt) or a solution of urea. The unborn baby then breathes and
swallows this concentration and dies painfully over a period
from salt poisoning, dehydration, brain haemorrhage and convulsions.
Mothers have reported the frantic movements of their unborn babies
as they felt them trashing around the womb, dying in unspeakable
agony. The skin of these little babies is either completely burned off
or turned a cherry red colour.
What about partial birth abortion, which is practiced in
some jurisdictions? In America the abortionist pulls a living
baby feet-first out of the womb and into the birth canal as if
the baby is being born. The baby's body, except for the head, is
delivered. The abortionist purposely keeps the baby's head lodged just
inside the cervix (the opening to the womb). The abortionist then punctures the base of the baby’s skull with a surgical instrument, such as
a long surgical scissors or a pointed hollow metal tube called a
trochar. He then inserts a catheter (tube) into the wound, and removes
the baby's
brain with a powerful suction machine. This causes the baby's skull to collapse, after which the abortionist completes the
delivery of the now-dead baby.
This is the reality of abortion. I know that as an elected member of the Irish government you would never consider legislating
for other acts of violence against women and children. How then can you
support any of the above barbaric violent acts.?
Theresa Heaney of Mothers Alliance Ireland has issued a strongly worded appeal to Irish politicians to reject any proposal to legislate for abortion, which we are printing in full below. 
