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Comhar Críostaí defend life in Irish Times
The below letter appeared in the Irish Times letters' page on Saturday the 20th January 2012. In it we correct the belief that abortion is technically legal in Ireland, and merely awaiting facilitatory legislation.
A Chara,
Whilst I agree with much of the sentiment of William Binchy's piece on abortion IT 19-jan-2012, he is mistaken when he says the consequence of legislating in line with the X-case would involve “introducing into our hospitals an abortion regime, requiring abortion at all stages of pregnancy up to birth”. The reason he is mistaken is that the test set out by the Chief Justice in the X-case that abortion be the ONLY way of avoiding a threat to the life of the mother cannot be satisfied by anyone in the real world. (emphasis added)
It had been thought that a threat of suicide would satisfy that test, but the statement in 2002 by Professor Anthony Clare, then head of the TCD school of Psychiatry along with his UCD counterpart that abortion is never the ONLY way to avoid a threat of suicide in a pregnant woman, removed any possibility that the X-case could be legitimately used to justify the provision of abortion in Ireland. The same would apply to any other condition. It would have to be shown that there is no other way of avoiding the risk to the life of the mother, and it is yet to be shown that such a condition exists. In conclusion the test in X cannot be satisfied in the real world, and the real legislators should not be introducing a laws for imaginary scenarios.
Is mise le meas,
Manus Mac Meanmain
PRO
Comhar Críostaí – The Christian Solidarity Party
Dublin 1
Dóchas - Spring 2011
A message from the President:
Welcome to the Spring 2011 edition of our newsletter especially new members. Once again the CSP kept the Christian flag flying in Irish politics by running eight candidates in the recent general election and thus giving a few thousand people an opportunity to vote according to their conscience. As a registered Christian Party we availed of our right to a party political broadcast on RTE radio and television, and so many thousands of people know that we still exist and are not going away.
I wish to thank all who supported us financially so we could do this and our candidates, Paul O’Loughlin, Harry Rea, Conor O’Donoghue, Manus Mac Meanmain, Daire Fitzgerald, Colm Callanan, Michael Larkin, & Jane Murphy, for their courage and idealism in putting themselves forward in an Ireland that sadly is becoming increasingly apathethic and even hostile to a Christian party. On that note Daire Fitsgerald, our Candidate in the most liberal constituency in the country got 434 first preferences, did very well on the RTÉ Frontline programme and I believe his campaign in that constituency was instrumental in preventing Ivana Bacik from getting elected.
Last Updated on Saturday, 30 April 2011 13:10
Why Ireland Needs A Christian Party Now
Rampant liberalism
It is not often that I agree with something written in the Irish Times, but Orla Tinsley's article on Tuesday January 25th last, "Generation Emigration must be given hope" , struck a chord with me when she spoke of what must replace Fianna Fáil. We do not want a politics of family dynasties, bred in the way of the old, weighed down by history, familial responsibility and cronyism.
The time is now for an effective Christian Party to be supported so that it can eventually win Dáil seats, and influence and change laws and policy in favour of Christian principles, and can challenge the secular and humanist agenda of all the political parties represented in Dáil Éireann.
We are all suffering the consequences of the lack of a successful Christian party, and we all are now well aware of the power of small political parties to influence change.
Last Updated on Saturday, 30 April 2011 12:47