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Dublin, Ireland, Dec 19, 2012 \/ 04:07 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Pro-life leaders in Ireland have warned that the Fine Gael-run government\u2019s introduction of legislation to legalize abortion will have consequences for the party at the next election.<\/p>\n

\tRebecca Roughneen, a spokeswoman for Youth Defence, said Dec. 18 that her organization will make sure the Irish public does not forget that Prime Minster Enda Kenny and his party \u201cbroke the pro-life promise\u201d they made before the 2011 election.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe pro-life majority in Ireland will not tolerate this, and Youth Defence will make sure that every Fine Gael voter in the country is made aware of the party\u2019s political cowardice,\u201d she said. \u201cThey are bowing to the demands of the Labour Party and other pro-abortion advocates like Clare Daly, as opposed to their voters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tNiamh Ui Bhriain, spokeswoman for the Life Institute, also reminded the prime minister of his commitment.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIf they break that promise then the pro-life movement will make every person in Ireland aware of what every Fine Gael (legislator) did in relation to abortion,\u201d she said. \u201cIn that case, we would make sure that every Irish person knows that a vote for Fine Gael is now a vote for abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThis issue is the human rights issue of our time, and the lives of mothers and babies cannot be sacrificed to political opportunism,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\tOn Dec. 18 the Irish government announced that it will introduce legislation on abortion that will legalize abortion in cases where the mother\u2019s life is at risk.<\/p>\n

\tThe proposal is meant to bring the country\u2019s laws in line with a December 2010 ruling from the European Court of Human Rights that said Ireland needed to clarify the legal status of abortion, in line with a 1992 Irish Supreme Court decision held that abortion must permissible to save the life of a pregnant woman, including when she threatens suicide.<\/p>\n

\tPro-life advocates fear that allowing abortion in cases of a suicide threat would in practice allow abortion on demand.<\/p>\n

\tUi Bhriain said two thirds of the Irish people want the risk of suicide excluded as grounds for abortion.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe people understand that if the threat of suicide is included in any legislation it will introduce, for the first time, the direct and intentional killing of unborn children into Irish law,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\tThe Irish government\u2019s action follows the death of Savita Halappanavar, an Indian woman who was admitted to a Galway hospital while miscarrying. She reportedly asked for an abortion and later died of a severe infection.<\/p>\n

\tHer death is still being investigated, but abortion advocates seized on her case to claim legal abortion would have saved her life and to push for changes to the country\u2019s laws.<\/p>\n

\tUi Bhriain said Fine Gael knows Halappanavar\u2019s \u201ctragic death\u201d had \u201cnothing to do with Ireland\u2019s ban on abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cYet they are seizing this opportunity caused by public confusion to stream-roller the country into accepting abortion legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe four Catholic archbishops of Ireland issued a Dec. 18 statement saying the government\u2019s decision to legislate on abortion should be \u201cof the utmost concern of all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThey said any abortion legislation would fundamentally change the \u201ccareful balance\u201d between the right to life of a pregnant mother and of her unborn child in Irish law and medical practice.<\/p>\n

\tAccording to the archbishops, the lawmakers will now face the question of whether they will \u201cdefend and vindicate the equal right to life of a mother and the child in her womb\u201d or instead \u201cchoose to license the direct and intentional killing of the innocent baby in the womb.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe archbishops called for prayers that \u201cwisdom and courage\u201d be given to the public representatives.<\/p>\n

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