Wilfred Wong, who is one of the supporters on our
mailing list, has written in with a very urgent prayer
request below, regarding a serious pro-abortion threat to
Ireland.
There is currently a very intense campaign for abortion
to be legalised in the Republic of Ireland and the recent
tragic death of Savita Halappanavar is being strongly used
to encourage such laws even though the actual facts of that
case are still unclear.
If abortion is legalised in the Republic of Ireland
then pressure on Northern Ireland to liberalise access to
abortion will grow very much stronger especially since
people in the north can then simply cross over into the
Irish Republic to get an abortion.
Marie Stopes recently opened the first abortion clinic
in Belfast and over a month ago a conference of
pro-abortionists considered how to broaden access to
abortion in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic as part
of its agenda, so the current systematic drive to liberalise
access to abortion is targeting both the Republic of Ireland
and Northern Ireland.
So far there has only been a very small response from
Irish Evangelicals to this pro-abortion challenge. Prayer
continues to urgently be needed that Ireland's Evangelicals,
Pentecostals and other non-Catholic Christians will take
effective and robust action to oppose all attempts to
legalise abortion in the Irish Republic and that all such
attempts to legalise abortion are swiftly, completely and
permanently defeated.
Many Irish Catholics are working on this issue but they
need the active support of their fellow Christians!
Furthermore the Irish Catholic Church has lost much of its
influence on public issues especially since the child abuse
scandals within their church.
The Irish panel of medical experts set up to consider
the issue of abortion are expected to make their
recommendations soon - please do pray that they will not
recommend the legalising of abortion in the Irish Republic
or any other measures resulting in easier access to abortion
in that country.
Please pray that
Ireland's Pro-Abortion Health Minister, James Reilly, who
has been very actively pushing for the legalisation of
abortion, will very soon be replaced by a strongly pro-life
politician.
Pray also for
Northern Ireland that access to abortion there will not be
broadened in any way.
God detests the shedding of innocent blood (Proverbs
6:16 & 17) and legalising abortion will trigger such
slaughter of the innocents on a massive scale.
Very good pro-life responses below to the tragic death
of Savita Halappanavar
Read Eilís Mulroy's article in the Irish
Independent here: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/eils-mulroy-prochoice-side-must-not-hijack-this-terrible-event-3294723.html
Read David Quinn's article in the Irish Independent
here: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/david-quinn-media-rushes-to-judge-but-we-dont-know-facts-3294515.html
If you have any questions about this issue or would
like to be updated regarding the abortion threat to Ireland
please E-Mail Wilfred Wong at: wilfred.wong@btopenworld.com
best wishes,
Wilfred Wong & David Skinner
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