{"id":8463,"date":"2018-04-03T14:08:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T21:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8463"},"modified":"2018-08-22T13:57:41","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T20:57:41","slug":"myths-and-lies-about-abortion-must-be-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8463","title":{"rendered":"Myths and lies about abortion must be debunked"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We are all entitled to our own opinions and beliefs \u2013 but not our own facts<\/h2>\n<\/hgroup>\n

The Irish Times<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

David Robert Grimes<\/p>\n

Abortion<\/a> has long been a contentious issue in Ireland, replete with emotive and frequently dubious rhetoric. This was recently exemplified by Save the Eighth billboard campaign featuring an abortion nurse detailing the horrors he had witnessed.<\/p>\n

This testimony was somewhat undermined by the revelation it had been fabricated, leading to the unedifying sight of campaign manager John McGuirk rapidly pivoting from legal threats to grudging acceptance, a volte-face hard to distinguish from surrealist performance art. As the referendum looms ever closer, it is inevitable campaigning will become more charged, both online and off. . . . [Full text<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Response: Thomas Ryan, BL<\/p>\n

5 April, 2018<\/p>\n

Sir, \u2013 David Robert Grimes contrasts pro-life and pro-choice campaigners by saying that “pro-choice advocates do not seek to impose their morality upon others” . . .This is an extraordinary statement, particularly in a pompous article which was intended to wag the finger about the need for factual accuracy. . .<\/p>\n

Under the draft legislation proposed by the Government, doctors and nurses who are opposed to abortion will also have a legal duty imposed on them to be complicit in abortions by referring women to another doctor who will perform the abortion. . .<\/p>\n

Internationally, but particularly in America and Europe, the legalisation of abortion was quickly followed by a concerted campaign by pro-choice groups to strip away the remaining conscience protections enjoyed by doctors. This process is already under way here. . . [Full Text<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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