DUBLIN IRELAND SAW SUNSHINE, MUSIC, DANCE
AND A GRIM DETERMINATION TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE SANCTITY OF UNBORN LIFE IN THIS LAND. MEET THE SUPPORTERS!
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| Ms Cora Sherlock |
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| TD Mattie McGrath |
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Mrs Melissa Ohden     |
Sunday, June 5, 2016
DUBLIN; CELEBRATE THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT RALLY - MEET THE SUPPORTERS
Saturday, June 4, 2016
BREAKING NEWS DUBLIN; MELISSA OHDEN DECLARES, "IF IRELAND DOESN'T STAY PROTECTIVE OF UNBORN LIFE, WHO WILL?"
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| Mrs Melissa Ohden and Rev Catherine Whittle |
THOUSANDS RALLIED FROM ALL OVER IRELAND AND FURTHER AFIELD TO STAND BEFORE DAIL EIREANN AND PLEDGE THEIR ALLEGIANCE THAT THE "EIGHTH AMENDMENT MUST STAY!"
Melissa Ohden, Abortion Survivor
Mrs Melissa Ohden, courageous survivor of an horrendous failed abortion, addressed the cheering crowd. [1]
She told us that people everywhere are watching what is happening in this country, and declared
"If Ireland doesn't stay protective
of unborn life, WHO WILL?"
Indeed! If Ireland, the land of saints and scholars, does not stand firm at this crucial time, the very stones would cry out in protest.Protect Life as opposed to Culture of Death
The 8th Amendment of Ireland strongly protects the unborn child. The call often heard by prolifers is that women should have choice over their own bodies.
Well, I agree wholeheartedly.
The unborn woman within the woman should have the choice not to have her infant body tortured and brutally killed within the womb.
The world has been blessed to have Melissa Ohden in our midst. Yet every attempt was made to cruelly wrest her rights away from her when she lay defenceless and unborn in the womb. Melissa cried out from the podium today, calling on Amnesty to support the Eighth Amendment in Ireland.
"Amnesty was once a defender
of human rights. Where were my rights
when I was being slowly burned to death?"
Melissa, survivor of the tortuous and cruel method of saline infusion abortion, told the crowd how she could have been left to die after the failed abortion.
Many babies have reportedly been abandoned after failed abortion, and died. They - tragically - are no longer with us.
Melissa pointed to the fact that people can do such actions as an indicator that
"This is what abortion has done to our world."
The Eighth Amendment in Ireland is an important amendment to protect life, as opposed to a culture of death.
TD Mattie McGrath
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| TD Mattie McGrath with Rally Organizers |
He continues to show unwavering support for the right of the Unborn to life.
In November 2015, TD McGrath was quoted as saying that "Abortion interventions
creating a climate of despair,"
Alleged News. [2]
In the 2015 report, TD McGrath went on to say, "My major concern here is that in all the talk of removing the Eight, there has been a complete absence of any mechanism which proposes to even acknowledge the life of the unborn child at the constitutional level.The advocacy groups who are pushing this agenda such as Amnesty Ireland have betrayed a terrifying reluctance to even admit that this is a legitimate area of concern.
There is a palpable sense that the whole debate is already being manipulated and dragged toward a pre-ordained end; that of unlimited abortion without any kind of legislative restraint.
The fact that the most recent polls show an ever decreasing margin of support for this kind of approach is brushed aside as irrelevant.
What is equally frightening however is the atmosphere of complete despair that is being generated by those ministers who have spoken out.
There has been a total focus on abortion as the only viable option to a crisis pregnancy to the total exclusion of options like peri-natal care hospices or other support services.
This is not the way to help women in crisis pregnancies; by telling them that ending the life of their child is the only way forward.
To that extent the drive for removing the Eight Amendment represents a narrowing of 'choice' which is deeply ironic," concluded Deputy McGrath; Alleged News. [2]
Ms Heidi Crowter campaigns on behalf of Down's syndromers
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| Ms Heidi Crowter wows the crowd |
Heidi, living a full and happy life with Down's syndrome, called for the Eighth Amendment in Ireland to be protected.
Both Heidi and her mother spoke of the situation in the UK where over 90% of children with Down's syndrome are aborted, Alleged News. [3]
In June 2015 an investigation into figures published by the Department of Health revealed the number of abortions carried out because babies were found to have Down's syndrome or other disabilities had increased by 34 per cent in just three years since 2011, Alleged News. [4]
Heidi lives independently, works as a hairdresser and lives the truth; that Down's syndrome is not a 'serious disability' but a learning curve for the person with the diagnosis, and their family.
Ms Cora Sherlock
Ms Cora Sherlock, well known as an icon of the prolife movement in Ireland, spoke movingly as the crowds cheered her.
"What we want to see happen after today is that politicians, the media and the public in general will really start to focus on the human side of the Eighth Amendment, the human lives that have been saved by the Eighth Amendment, because I think it's something that has been missing from the debate, and that's what today is all about," declared Cora. [5]
Rally Supporters of the Eighth Amendment
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| Rally outside the gates of Dail Eireann |
[1] The Abortion Survivors Network
http://www.theabortionsurvivors.com/public-survivors-their-stories/melissa-ohden/
Saline abortions are cruel and dangerous
http://www.mccl.org/saline-abortion-cruel-and-dangerous.html
[2] "Abortion Interventions creating a climate of despair," McGrath; Alleged News
http://mattiemcgrath.ie/abortion-interventions-creating-a-climate-of-despair-mcgrath/
[3] Video of pro-life speech by brave young woman with Down's syndrome goes viral; Alleged News
https://www.spuc.org.uk/news/news-stories/2016/april/video-of-pro-life-speech-by-brave-young-woman-with-downs-syndrome-goes-viral
[4] New blood test blamed as women choosing to abort babies with Down's syndrome and other serious disabilities soars 34% in three years; Alleged News
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3123078/New-blood-test-blamed-women-choosing-abort-babies-s-syndrome-disabilities-soars-34-three-years.html
[5] Several thousand people attend Pro-life rally in Dublin
http://www.newstalk.com/Pro-Life-Campaign-to-hold-rally-in-Dublin-today
With thanks to theabortionsurvivors.com, mccl.org, mattiemcgrath.ie, spuc.org.uk, dailymail.co.uk, newstalk.com. Photographs taken with permission
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
BELFAST 10th RALLY FOR LIFE ON JULY 2nd AT 2PM! WHY NOT JOIN US AND DEFEND UNBORN LIFE
Click on picture for video
INVITE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES. BRING A CAR LOAD OR FILL A BUS.
Bill Proposals
In May 2016, former Justice Minister of the NI Assembly, David Ford MLA of the Alliance Party, put forward proposals for a Bill to legalise the killing of unborn children with life-limiting disabilities, Alleged News. The deadly threat against little disabled babies is an affront to the people of Ireland who DO NOT WANT ABORTION.
WHERE? CUSTOM HOUSE SQUARE BELFAST IRELAND
WHEN? SATURDAY 2nd JULY 2016
WHAT TIME? 2 PM
WHY? TO SAVE THE LIVES OF INNOCENT BABIES
TO BOOK A SEAT ON A BUS OR TO HELP OUT, FIND A4 RALLY POSTERS OR DOWNLOAD RALLY PROMOTIONAL LEAFLETS CHECK THE FOLLOWING LINK
http://www.preciouslife.com/news/303/the-10th-all-ireland-rally-for-life-belfast-july-2nd-2016/
With thanks to Precious Life and Youtube
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
DUBLIN; CELEBRATE THE 8th AMENDMENT ON 4th JUNE 2016! JOIN US IN MOLESWORTH STREET DUBLIN
JOIN TO CELEBRATE IRELAND'S RIGHT TO LIFE AMENDMENT!
INVITE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES. BRING A CAR LOAD OR FILL A BUS.
Ireland's constitutional protection for unborn babies and their mothers is an inspiration globally. The 8th Amendment is now under serious threat with groups campaigning to amend it.
Melissa Ohden is the keynote speaker. Melissa was born alive after a failed abortion and was left for dead.
Today Melissa has a Master's degree in social science and is a care worker.
WHERE? MOLESWORTH STREET DUBLIN IRELAND
WHEN? SATURDAY 4th JUNE 2016
WHAT TIME? 3 - 4 PM
WHY? TO SAVE THE LIVES OF INNOCENT BABIES
TO ORGANISE A BUS OR FIND A BUS IN YOUR AREA - FIND FLYERS - CHECK THE FOLLOWING LINK
http://prolifecampaign.ie/main/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Final-Artwork-Celebrate-the-8th-Flyer.pdf
CELEBRATE THE 8th!
With thanks to ProLifeCampaign and Youtube
Photograph by Catherine Nicolette
EUTHENASIA - THE SLIPPERY SLOPE; PART TWO
EUTHENASIA
Euthenasia is the proverbial slippery slope. Professor Theo Boer - a prominent Professor of Ethics who was once part of the Netherlands' euthenasia bureaucracy voiced his qualms about the present interpretation and use of the Dutch euthenasia law in a lengthy interview published by Trouw, Alleged News. [1]
Euthenasia is the proverbial slippery slope. Professor Theo Boer - a prominent Professor of Ethics who was once part of the Netherlands' euthenasia bureaucracy voiced his qualms about the present interpretation and use of the Dutch euthenasia law in a lengthy interview published by Trouw, Alleged News. [1]
Prof Theo Boer is worried that current trends in the Netherlands are trivializing euthenasia to an extent that many who fought for legalization of 'mercy killing' in the 1990's now privately express their opinion that it has gone too far. And it will be hard to turn back the clock, he acknowledges; Alleged News.
Professor Boer is particularly concerned about the 'End of Life Clinic's' growing role as a a euthenasia provider; Alleged News. [1]
Statistics are clear; Twelve years after the Dutch euthenasia law came into force, euthenasia statistics moved from 1,800 declared cases per year to 4,800 in 2013, reaching a total of more than 25,000 medical killings; Alleged News.
In 2013, 46 psychiatric patients and 97 patients suffering from dementia were euthenized; Alleged News.
Over the years, roughly 100 cases were deemed 'not careful' by the control commissions and handed on to the public prosecution, Alleged News. Not a single case gave rise to a trial, Alleged News. [1]
Termination of life in newborns with MMC[meningomyelocele]
Deliberate and active termination of life in newborns with MMC is discussed and practised in an open way in the Netherlands, Alleged News. [2]
The judgment "unbearable and hopeless suffering" of the newborn and "the prospect of unbearable and hopeless suffering" in the future, together with the notion that there is "no other proper medical means to alleviate the unbearable suffering" forms the basis for this decision, Alleged News. [2]
A critical reappraisal of Deliberate termination of life of newborns with spina bifida has been authored by T.H. Rob de Jong. The link can be found at number [2].
'Don't make our mistake'
Legalising assisted suicide is a slippery slope towards widespread killing of the sick, MP's and peers in the UK were told in 2014, Alleged News. [3]
Theo Boer, now known as a former euthenasia supporter, warned of a surge in deaths if Parliament allowed doctors to give deadly drugs to their patients, Alleged News. [3]
'Don't do it, Britain', said Theo Boer, a veteran European watchdog in assisted suicide cases. 'Once the genie is out of the bottle, it is not likely ever to go back in again.' [3]
His native Netherlands, where euthenasia has been legal since 2002, saw deaths double in just six years, Alleged News. [3]
Professor Boer admitted he was 'wrong - terribly wrong, in fact' to have believed regulated euthenasia would work, Alleged News.
'I used to be a supporter of the Dutch law. But now, with 12 years experience, I take a very different view,' Alleged News. [3]
[1] Euthenasia in the Netherlands is getting out of hand: ethicist who screened over 4,000 euthenasia cases; Alleged News
[2] T.H. Rob de Jong, Deliberate termination of life in newborns with spina bifida, a critical reappraisal
[3] Don't make our mistake: As assisted suicide bill goes to Lords, Dutch watchdog who once backed euthenasia warns UK of 'slippery slope' to mass deaths, Alleged News
With thanks to lifesitenews.com, ncbi.nlm.nig.gov, dailymail.co.uk
EUTHENASIA AND PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE - PART ONE
EUTHENASIA
THE ISSUES OF EUTHENASIA AND PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE [PAS] ARE INCREASINGLY SUBJECTS OF PUBLIC DEBATE AND CONCERN. [1]
The essence of the matter is appeal to the medical profession to show mercy in the form of killing.
There are those who strongly press for the legalisation of voluntary active euthenasia and assisted suicide. [1]
In some countries the medical profession are already treating patients in ways designed to hasten death; Alleged News. [1], [2] and [3]
The basic line of arguments supporting euthenasia and physician-assisted suicide can be encapsulated in the following way; it would be merciful to permit some terminally ill individuals to escape what is judged to be undesirable suffering and indignity.
In terminating the lives of such persons, we are not harming but are extending mercy.
Thus, voluntary active euthanasia according to those who support this view is considered as a compassionate and beneficent act, offering the release from pain and suffering desired by many terminally ill people.
This is also understood as 'mercy killing'. [4]
In terminating the lives of such persons, we are not harming but are extending mercy.
Thus, voluntary active euthanasia according to those who support this view is considered as a compassionate and beneficent act, offering the release from pain and suffering desired by many terminally ill people.
This is also understood as 'mercy killing'. [4]
Mercy and Individual Autonomy
This appeal to mercy is allied to powerful appeal to individual autonomy. Autonomy is the central point in the moral defence of euthanasia.
The current interpretation of autonomy is that of ethical liberalism, which attributes a supreme value to the individual's freedom and rights.
When euthenasia defenders appeal to autonomy, they mean that each individual has a right to control her or his body and life, including the end thereof; and so should be given the freedom to exercise this right. The autonomy principle states that the individual has a right to self-determination.
Each person part of Society
The appeal is therefore heard of the so called 'right to die'. The right to die is a principle based on the belief that a human being is entitled to commit suicide or to undergo voluntary euthenasia.
It is often suggested that the decision to end one's life is a matter of personal choice, and that such a decision does not harm anybody. However, this does not take into account the fact that each person is a part of society, and that what happens to one can deeply affect others.
A clear example of this is the ongoing distress experienced by Tom Mortier.
His mother, Godelieva de Troyer, died from lethal injection in Belgium after she asked to be put to death for 'untreatable depression', Alleged News.
It is often suggested that the decision to end one's life is a matter of personal choice, and that such a decision does not harm anybody. However, this does not take into account the fact that each person is a part of society, and that what happens to one can deeply affect others.
A clear example of this is the ongoing distress experienced by Tom Mortier.
His mother, Godelieva de Troyer, died from lethal injection in Belgium after she asked to be put to death for 'untreatable depression', Alleged News.
Her son Tom didn't find out until the next day when the morgue called him to come and pick up her body. He was 'completely shocked and traumatized.' [5]
Mortier took his case to the European Court of Human Rights. [6]
Mortier took his case to the European Court of Human Rights. [6]
From healers to enders of life
The euthenasia appeal is often heard of the so called 'right to die.'
It is often suggested that the decision to end one's life is a matter of personal choice, and that such a decision does not harm anybody.
A major contention is that we will have a better life, and a better death, to the extent that we have control.
It is often suggested that the decision to end one's life is a matter of personal choice, and that such a decision does not harm anybody.
A major contention is that we will have a better life, and a better death, to the extent that we have control.
The defendants of this ideal seek through euthenasia to assure us of that last definitive step in gaining full self-determination so that we can die how and when we choose. [7]
In this view, physicians are expected to change their primary focus [in the case of euthenasia and physician-assisted suicide] from extending assistance within the clear parameters of respecting and sustaining all life without exception, to a new focus.
The new focus is to assist in the suicide of - or directly cause the death of - a patient.
The new focus is to assist in the suicide of - or directly cause the death of - a patient.
The medical professional is called on to change from advancing the culture of life, to the culture of death.
We are all destined to die
Each of us is destined to die in the normal course of events some time in the future; that is the norm of our human condition. However, how each person dies becomes a matter for moral guidelines.
God Himself warns us that there are consequences to directly killing another human being.
When Cain murdered Abel, God confronted him with the evil he had wrought upon his brother.
"Then the LORD said to Cain, 'Where is Abel your brother?' And he said, 'I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?' HE said, 'What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground. Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand . . .' " [Genesis 4: 9-11]
When Cain murdered Abel, God confronted him with the evil he had wrought upon his brother.
"Then the LORD said to Cain, 'Where is Abel your brother?' And he said, 'I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?' HE said, 'What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground. Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand . . .' " [Genesis 4: 9-11]
GOD Himself gave the command, 'You shall not kill'. [Exodus 20;13]
The unvarnished truth is that in the issue of euthenasia we are called on to make a clear choice; to obey the Word of GOD or to take on the role which only GOD can hold; that of LORD over life and death.
The reality is that by euthenasia one of our human brothers or sisters - instead of receiving the assistance he or she so clearly needs in their hour of trial, and the panacea of expert and professional treatment designed to ease their suffering and lighten their burden - is instead relieved of their life.
His or her spiritual road through life, though yet incomplete, has been curtailed by the action of another.
This is a grave sin in the moral order against another.
Euthenasia now, accountability before GOD later
Jesus Christ, Son of GOD, came to the world stage and vigorously opposed the concept of euthenasia.
He informed us that whatsoever we do to the least of His brethren, is considered as done directly to Him. [Matthew 25;40].
He informed us that whatsoever we do to the least of His brethren, is considered as done directly to Him. [Matthew 25;40].
This is a clear warning. Our personal judgement will occur after our death; and we will be accountable for our actions throughout our lives.
According to Christ, no human is to be considered unwanted or unworthy of life and nurturing.
Otherwise, if unrepented, it may go harshly at the perpetuator's judgement. [Matthew 25;31-46]
Otherwise, if unrepented, it may go harshly at the perpetuator's judgement. [Matthew 25;31-46]
The medical professional and the theologian
The medical professional and the grounded theologian realize that their call is to be God's ambassador; the bulwark against illness, physical, mental and moral.
They are called upon to be the protector of the weak, the speaker of the truth, the prophet of the future, the healer of the suffering, the consoler of the dying - and NEVER the enabler of murder of the most defenceless of all.
They are called upon to be the protector of the weak, the speaker of the truth, the prophet of the future, the healer of the suffering, the consoler of the dying - and NEVER the enabler of murder of the most defenceless of all.
[1] Hung Manh Tran, Peter, C.Ss.R. Advancing the Culture of Death; Euthenasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide. 2006. Pauline Publications; Mumbai. Page 29
[2] Death Statistics from the Netherlands [July 2012], [Statline - Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics]. Three percent of deaths in the Netherlands are the result of euthenasia or assisted suicide. Of those, 7% were done without the explicit request of the patient; Alleged News
[3] Statistics Netherlands; Deaths by Medical End-of-Life Decision; Age, Cause of Death; Alleged News
[4] Hung Manh Tran, Peter, C.Ss.R. Advancing the Culture of Death; Euthenasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide. 2006. Pauline Publications; Mumbai. Pages 31 to 32
[5] Man who had no idea his Mom was euthanized until the Morgue called challenges Euthenasia Law, Alleged News
[6] Mortier v. Belgium, Alleged News
[7] Hung Manh Tran, Peter, C.Ss.R. Advancing the Culture of Death; Euthenasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide. 2006. Pauline Publications; Mumbai. Page 32
With thanks to P Hung Manh Tran, C.Ss.R, patientsrightscouncil.org, statline.cbs.nl, lifenews.com, adfmedia.org
Friday, May 13, 2016
END SHACKLING IN INDONESIA, ALLEGED NEWS
IN MARCH 2016, LUMIERE REFLECTED THAT PEOPLE WITH PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES [MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS] IN INDONESIA ARE SHACKLED OR PLACED INTO INSTITUTIONS; ALLEGED NEWS. [1]
In the Institutions they often face physical and sexual violence, involuntary treatment including electroshock therapy, seclusion, restraint and forced contraception; Alleged News. [1]
Indonesia Minister of Health
Recently Human Rights Watch met with Indonesia's Minister of Health, Nila Moeloek, and she committed to providing mental health medication to all 9,500 community health centers across the country; Alleged News.
[1] Shackling in Indonesia, Alleged News. Why not join the campaign?
http://lumierecharity.blogspot.ie/2016/03/shackling-in-indonesia-alleged-news-why.html
[2] #BreakTheChains: End Shackling in Indonesia, Alleged News
https://www.hrw.org/breakthechains
With thanks to Hrw.org
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