“Six days to stop Westminster’s extreme abortion-on-demand legislation being imposed on the north”

“Six days to stop Westminster’s extreme abortion-on-demand legislation being imposed on the north” – Tóibín

With less than a week until the most extreme abortion regime in Europe is foisted upon the north of Ireland by Westminster and the six-county political cartel, Aontú is continuing to give representation to the widespread public opposition to the removal of all protections for preborn human beings.

With three further public meetings scheduled by Aontú in the days ahead, Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD stated:

“We now stand on the precipice for a fundamental human rights issue. We stand on the precipice of a section of humanity being deemed not adequately human and therefore not deserving of the most basic human right, the right to life.

“Next Monday, if the Stormont Executive is not reconvened by the Sinn Féin-DUP political cartel, Europe’s most extreme abortion regime as designed by Westminster, sought by Sinn Féin, facilitated by the DUP and supported by the SDLP leadership will be imposed on the north of Ireland.

“This is not an abstract matter. The reality is that to date the north is one of the safest places on earth for mothers and their babies. That will change in a horrific manner in the shortest of time spans.

“The reality is that not alone is the Sinn Féin-DUP political cartel content to usher in this comprehensively regressive step for human rights, but people across the north have been kept in the dark about the scale of the damage that will be done to fellow human beings if this abortion legislation is not stopped at the eleventh hour.

“The Sinn Féin-supported Westminster legislation will ensure that babies can be aborted for reasons of disability, gender and ethnicity. The legislation will allow for abortions in cases of minor and wholly treatable conditions like cleft palate and clubbed feet. This legislation will allow for twin abortions, where one twin will have his/her life ended while the other will be ‘chosen’ for life.

“Republicanism is about universal human rights. Support for abortion and the stripping of the human right to life from a vulnerable section of the human family is inherently anti-republican. To believe otherwise is to delude oneself about the ideal of universal human rights and republican politics.

“Abortion legislation in Britain has already allowed hundreds, if not thousands, of babies that survive abortion in the short term to be abandoned and left to die alone on hospital trays. The prospect of that occurring in hospitals in the north is now closer to reality than ever before.

“If anyone is in any doubt the extremity of Sinn Féin’s view of preborn humans, they need only look at how Sinn Féin TDs in Dublin voted last December to reject pain relief being given to babies before being aborted. The south has already seen a dramatic rise in the number of lives being ended by abortion since it was legalised last year. Anyone who is at all concerned about the very serious challenge to the right to life of preborn humans should do their utmost to attend the Aontú public meetings in the days ahead.”

List of Public Meetings:

Peadar Tóibín TD and Cllr Denise Mullen, Ryandale Inn, Moy, Tyrone; 8pm, Tuesday 15^th October

Peadar Tóibín TD and Monica Digney, Devenish Complex, Finaghy Road, Belfast; 8pm, Wednesday 16^th October

Peadar Tóibín TD and Martin Kelly, Armagh City Hotel, Armagh; 8pm, Thursday 17^th October

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.