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Monday, October 2, 2017
Irish Pro-Choice Advocates Try to Silence Victims of Rape by Sarah St. Onge
Irish Pro-Choice Advocates Try To Silence Rape Victims, by Sarah St. Onge
A fierce battle is
being waged in Ireland over the “8th Amendment”. Unlike the US, and most of its
European neighbors, Ireland formally recognizes the preborn child as a human
being with his/her own inherent value and right to life. The 8th amendment prohibits abortion from
conception and through all 9 months of pregnancy, under any circumstances save
when the life of the mother is threatened.
While we’re mourning the death of a dissolute human
trafficker, and feigning outrage over the latest NFL decision, Ireland is
deciding whether to continue protecting its most vulnerable citizens or join
the 21st century abortion death-cult led
by Planned Parenthood.
Irish pro-lifers (ie the majority of rational Irish citizens)
have come out en force. They have spent months knocking on doors to inform the
public about the issue. They’ve secured television and print ads, as well as
held rallies. Their rallying cry- "Love them Both" is one of
compassion and understanding.
However- they’ve been met with fierce opposition by radical
pro-abortion groups who have decided to use the most aggressive of tactics to
silence them.
“I knew this campaign
was going to be divisive, that there would be nastiness and vitriol battered at
prolifers. The level of abuse is truly off the scale though. Is this still
Ireland?? Or have we woken up in another country? Frightening is an
understatement, women who have been pregnant through rape or conceived through
rape are reduced to standing on the street to deliver their stories? Is this
some Soviet state where freedom of speech is punishable? Is this what freedom
was fought and won for in Ireland?
Absolutely terrifying and sickening, and no date as yet set for an
actual referendum, all of this from a minority of rabble rousers and anarchists
allowed to screech and bully...we've been funding these miseries for much too
long.”
This statement from an Irish pro-life activist, who wishes
to remain anonymous, in response to the numerous threats and intimidations
visited on American pro-life speaker Rebecca Kiessling of Save the 1. She traveled to Ireland this week as part of the “Unbroken- Life Beyond Rape” tour, arranged by Life Institute. She was scheduled to speak on the realities of pregnancy and abortion after a sexual
assault in two separate venues.
Instead, pro-choice activists decided to silence her, publicly bragging about removing posters, which were placed to advertise
the event. In addition, they began a campaign of harassment- including sending
death threats to individuals they identified through social media who were
staff at the hotels where their speaking engagements were to be heard, causing
both hotels and a third alternate, to rescind their contract with the Unbroken
–Life Beyond Rape group.
Women are naturally inclined to love and protect their
offspring. They must be conditioned by external forces to despise them.
The abortion lobby teaches women to view their children as
invaders or aggressors, instead of victims of circumstance, especially in cases
where a sexual assault has occurred.
Children conceived during an assault have the same inherent
value as those who are conceived during a consensual act of passion. They are
human beings.
Women who have been assaulted deserve better than an
abortion. They need help to integrate their violation into their lives. We
don’t need to become destroyers of life in order to regain power over our own
lives.
Unfortunately the vitriol continued, with gruesome comments
left on Save the 1’s Facebook page- there were threats of violence aimed at
both women, and no attempts to excuse the threats and destruction of pro-life
property. In fact, those responsible for doing so were proud of their actions.
Their official responses delivered with flippancy. We’re not linking to their
sites or pages. We won’t give them the satisfaction of sharing.
The truth is- the Repeal movement really doesn’t care about
women. If they did, they wouldn’t send their men out to re-violate a rape
survivor, by in essence telling her that her story doesn’t matter and
her right to speak her truth is subordinate to others. They wouldn't tell a
woman conceived in rape that her mere image offends them, if they cared about
women.
Ms. Kiessling did not travel to Ireland to
bring an American viewpoint to the debate. They all came to offer their testimony
in the court of opinion- their personal and traumatic testimony- in hopes of
letting Irish women who may have been through similar circumstances, that they
aren’t alone. Their stories matter. One Irish woman wrote, after meeting them, “I felt that I belonged yesterday and was not ashamed to say I was raped and I could never talk to anyone about it in Ireland until yesterday. You helped me cry out openly...”
They also went to create a dialogue with
those who may be on the fence, or even those who oppose them, in hopes of
changing hearts and minds and bringing them to a place of love.
Unfortunately the Repeal movement has decided to offer them
only threats of violence in response...... just like with the men who violated them,
these women have been told to "keep quiet or else." Fortunately these
women are much stronger than those who try to silence them will ever be. And
for Ireland's children, women like them may make all the difference.
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3 comments:
Excellent post. It was an honour to meet the 4 incredible women in Ireland last week.
They got a great reception everywhere they went and inspired us Oto Life people to redouble our efforts to keep Ireland abortion free.
One thing you may not know is that our Minister for Children is aggressively pushing abortion and was in the Repeal match on Saturday last.
This is a complete joke and all the elites are pushing this abomination.
I kind of loved it. All the opposition did was raise awareness of our visit!
Well written, Sarah. :)
Loved your story on sale the 1. Beuty for ashes for sure
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