Chai Brady
Some of the thousands of people who travelled to Stormont for tha All Ireland Rally for Life in Belfast on July 7 to uphold the laws in the north of Ireland"that protect unborn babies." Thousands of people travelled to Stormont for the All Ireland Rally for Life in Belfast on July 7 to uphold laws in the north of Ireland “that protect unborn babies”.
Northern Ireland’s Precious Life said the rally gave the people of Ireland an opportunity to send out a clear message to politicians that Ireland’s unborn children must continue to be protected in law, and ‘Our Laws Matter because Every Life Matters’.
The rally, now in its 12th year, alternates annually between Belfast and Dublin. The Keynote speakers were Bernadette Smyth from Precious Life in Belfast and Niamh Uí Bhriain of the Life Institute in Dublin.
Bernadette Smyth said: “People from across Ireland – North and South – came to Stormont on Saturday and proudly stood ‘Together for Life’ in support of protecting unborn babies and their mothers from abortion.”
She added: “After the tragic result of the abortion referendum in the Republic of Ireland, we are more determined than ever to keep fighting to uphold our laws that protect unborn babies. The threat to unborn children in the North has now intensified more than ever.
“And because of the stalemate at Stormont in restoring power sharing in Northern Ireland, pro-abortion MPs in Westminster are trying to ride roughshod over the democratic process here and force abortion on Northern Ireland. But the legislation governing these issues is a devolved matter for the Northern Ireland assembly only.”
Both Bernadette Smyth and Niamh Uí Bhriain criticised Sinn Féin for supporting abortion legislation and politicians and organisations in Britain who are campaigning for abortion in Ireland.
Bernadette Smyth concluded: “To the pro-abortion politicians in Ireland who gloat that ‘The North is Next’ – we say ‘The North Protects’.