Alina Dulgheriu (‘Be Here for Me’ group), Carol Nolan TD and Elizabeth Howard protest outside Leinster House after Ms Dulgheriu had earlier addressed members of the Oireachtas Human Dignity Group (2019).
Photo: John McElroy Exclusion zones in Ireland would create a very dangerous precedent for denying freedom of speech and peaceful protest, Carol Nolan TD has said.
Ms Nolan said that depicting every pro-life action as “threatening” or “rogue” is outrageous, and shows how “blinkered, political and unbalanced” government policy has come in this area.
Her comments come after representatives from the London based group ‘Be Here for Me’ told members of the Oireachtas last week that a just and caring society doesn’t criminalise people for offering help to vulnerable mothers. One representative, Alina Dulgheriu, told the committee that she owes the life of her daughter to a pro-life person she met outside a Marie Stopes abortion clinic.
“All I needed was help until I gave birth. A lady and a leaflet. That’s all it took. Right there at the steps of the abortion centre. This lady was offering unconditional help during my pregnancy and wanted nothing in return just for me to make the right decision in a desperate situation,” she said.