Pray for Ireland

 

ACTION ALERT: Final vote on Ireland’s abortion bill announced for next week

 

Editor’s note. The following three items are reprinted from the blog of the European Life Network. The Dali is the lower house of the Irish Parliament; TDs are members of that body. Enda refers to the Prime Minister.
1. It has been confirmed that the final vote on Ireland’s abortion Bill will take place next week most likely on Wednesday.
A series of amendments have been proposed and will be discussed on Wednesday but none of them will cure the inherently unjust nature of this Bill.
This Bill should be scrapped now.
We appeal to all Dail Deputies to reconsider their support for this anti-life legislation and to vote it down. We appeal to our readers to continue to contact TD’s and Senators seeking immediate withdrawal of the Bill

2. EWTN Ireland’s promotional video for the “All Ireland Rally for Life in Dublin” which will take place Saturday. July 6th You can watch the video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0sNjtSmpgc
3. Below is the text of Archbishop Eamon Martin’s message ‘Ireland Choose Life’. You can watch him on You Tube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXHWLUEf5oI
Two months ago I was ordained Archbishop here at St. Patrick’s in Armagh. And I begin my ministry at a defining moment for Ireland because the Government is proposing abortion legislation that will radically change the culture of medical practice here.

They’re calling it: ‘The Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill’. Imagine giving that name to a bill which permits the deliberate and intentional killing of unborn children. Imagine legalising abortion as an appropriate response to women who feel suicidal during pregnancy. Under the bill, viable unborn children will be subjected to all the risks of premature delivery and then placed in state care. The legislation even opens up the horrific possibility of the destruction of a child right up to the moment of birth!

People are being misled by repeated statements that the government has no other options, and that our doctors and nurses somehow need this legislation in order to save mother’s lives. Mothers in crisis do not need abortion. They need our love, our support and all the professional care we can give them.
Jesus said: “Whatever you did to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.” The fate of Ireland’s most vulnerable little ones hangs in the balance. I invite you to join the many Irish people who are praying and fasting that our legislators will in conscience vote against this bill.
Please pray that God in his mercy will bring our nation back from the brink. Pray that Ireland will choose life. God Bless you.

Source: NRLC News