We continue our series of publication of
submissions to the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children with the
submission of Human Life International Ireland.
Oireachtas Submission
Human Life International (Ireland)
On Abortion Bill
8th May 2013
Request to address Oireachtas Hearings
Human Life International (Ireland) reject out of hand the
abortion bill so-called the 'Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013'.
The entire Bill should be scrapped.
We request to address in person the Oireachtas hearings on this
Bill.
We will bring our medical and counselling personnel engaged
in crisis pregnancy counselling every day.
We will bring women who themselves once were in a crisis
pregnancy to testify on the pressure / temptation to suicide during such a
difficult situation.
The testimony of one such woman is included below.
Patrick McCrystal 09493 75993
“ I was pregnant and suicidal”
-
Pauline’s story
8th May 2013
I was pregnant, terrified, confused, frustrated and
isolated. I was surrounded by
people but no-one to turn to. The
doctor, the nurse; they were no help…
I was told to get the morning after pill… I knew I was on my own…
Had abortion legislation been there, it would have been the
final straw.
How could a stranger know that aborting my baby would have
saved my life?
Only when I discovered for myself where REAL help was, did I
see hope. The support was there, I
just didn’t know where to go.
Real women need to talk to real women. Women in that situation have come
through it and are coming through it every day.
I knew deep in my heart and soul suicide wasn’t the answer.
My whole life felt crashed at my feet. But it wasn’t, it was only taking a
different route. One more
rewarding than I ever would have thought.
I knew there was something in me. Only when I saw her on scan at nine weeks, the size of my
thumb, her heart flittering away – I knew she was part of me. There was a life there as well as my
own.
The answer wasn’t abortion or suicide. It was help and support. An abortion would have left me with a
void. There would never be
happiness. Part of me would have
been missing.
Fear takes its hold…but don’t let it win.
Women need to see the scan. Not the lies coming from Dublin. Its not about the suicidal woman – its about the government
themselves. Its for their own
ends.
Its about elevating themselves for all to see – for their own advantage.
If they were REALLY cared, they would get a support network
organised for women, scans, counselling, where women can talk. Have someone there who had walked that
road.
When I look into my baby’s eyes, I shudder in horror what
might have been. She has made my life worth living.
Human Life International Ireland, Guadalupe centre, Main
Street, Knock Co. Mayo
09493 75993
www.humanlife.ie
