Cllr Denise Mullen: SDLP’s Professed Support for People with Disabilities is Irreconcilable with their Westminster Vote for Disability-Selective Abortion

Aontú Deputy Leader Cllr Denise Mullen has hit out the SDLP’s professed support for people with disabilities, and how it is irreconcilable with the party’s pro-abortion stance on Unborn Children with Disabilities.

Cllr Mullen:

“This week the SDLP promoted social media posts purporting that “#DisabledPeople’s rights matter” but how can this apparent support for people with disabilities be made in all good conscience by the SDLP? SDLP MP Claire Hanna voted for abortion laws that would discriminate against unborn children with disabilities. Then Colum Eastwood and Claire Hanna voted to impose the Tory’s extreme abortion regimen on the North. The party also stormed out of Stormont over a debate an abortion, whilst also losing Cllrs over their adopted stance. Lip service to people with disabilities cannot be squared away against consciously voting for an abortion regimen which would allow for a child to be aborted on the basis of a disability. That is the equivalent of praising palliative care, whilst voting for euthanasia. It cannot be had both ways.”

“This tone-deaf tweet is just another indicator of how far the party has travelled from the principles of John Hume and a reminder of how the party has turned its back on the Human Right to Life.”

The Irish political system is radically broken

In Ireland the vast majority of elected representatives put a finger in the air to check which way the political wind is blowing. They have one eye on their leaders – seeking brownie points – and another eye keeping their seat safe. If elected reps shut up and do as they’re told, they are promoted; if they stand up for what they believe in, they are demoted. No wonder we have the political class we have. No wonder one point one billion euro is being buried in a hole under the National Children’s Hospital and that Stormont is in stalemate.

Throughout Ireland, many people are now afraid to say what they feel, many are afraid to respectfully engage on a range of different topics. Many feel there is a new censorship and a new political correctness in Ireland, that opposition to the establishment is being deleted.

Respectful opposition is not the enemy. Respectful opposition is a critical element of a functional democracy. Aontú will have the backbone to stand up, without fear, for you.