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TheCommissiononAssistedHuman willreport
Reproduction within
thenextfew
months.
At EUlevel,
thereis anongoing
disputeregarding
theSixthFramework
ProgrammeforDevelopmentandthefunding research
of destructive onliving
humanembryos.

Thereistheissueof lreland's funding

continued perannum
of €1,800,000 to
theUNFPA, despite linkswithcoercive
itsinextricable policies
abortion inChina.

Another concernisthegrowingpushbyEUfederalists to havetheCharter of

Fundamental Righis intoa legally
incorporated binding lf thattranspired,
constitution.
it couldgivetheEUCourt jurisdiction
of Justice overthePersonalRighis clauses
ofthelrishConstitution, theprospect
raising ofthreatsto thelegalprotection
afforded totheunbornchild.

Thepassage oftheMarch referendum strengthened

wouldhaveconsiderably
to meetthesemounting
ourability political butwemustgoforward
challenges
withdeterminationandhope,whileresisting to become
anytemptation daunted
bytheenormity of thetasksweface.

Thedifficulties usaregreatbutnotinsurmountable.
facing Weshould neither
overestimate
normisread
thechallengesahead.Weneedto adopta balanced
approach progress
sothatincremental is madepossible.

usefultolearnfromthepro-life
Thereis something intherecent
successes
Thekeyto thepractical
USelections. achieved
advances hasbeena step
bystepapproach.

Building
a morecaring andlife-affirmingculturewilltaketime,patience
and
persistence.
Mostof all,it is going lot
to takea of committed peoplewhoare
preparedto staythecourse, inpursuingsucha worthwhilecause.
 A heart-re*ding
ascount of abortien
published
Inherrecently autobiography
Together,popstarNicoleAppleton
reveals
howshehadanabortion
herwishes
against pressure
underunbearable fromrecordindustry
chiefs
andherAllSaints
bandmates.
Shedescribeshowthe wascoldandclinical,leaving
operation andsuicidal,
heremotionallywrecked
Shesaid:"Afterwards pretended
evervone it hadn't
haooened.I wastooscared
forconfrontation',

Thedoctorwhocarried in NewYorkpromised
outtheabortion to keepherconscious
throuqhout
the"painless"
procedure
soshecouldreturn
toworkalmost
immediately.

Thesingersaid'.
"Whathappened
stilllingersin my life.Aftertheabortionmy body
Mybabywasgone.I fainted.I couldn'tbelievewhatI haddone".
feltrawandemptied.

Theabortionoccurred
fourmonthsintothepregnancy of herrelationship
andledtothebreak-up
Robbie
withsinger Williams.
Hewasalsodevastated
bytheabortion thesongGrace,
andwrote
whichappearsononeof hisalbums,
welcoming
hisunbornbaby.

Forfartoolongtheemotional andpainexperienced
heartbreak bypeoplelikeNicole
Appleton
and
RobbieWilliamshavebeenpublicly
deniedandsuppressed. Asmoreandmorepeople chooseto speak
outsociety
willbeforced
tofaceuptothehorrific
reality
of legalised
abortion,
instead
of unquestioningly
accepting
thecosyimage ofcompassion
andrespectability bypro-choice
propagated activists,

EU freezes funding on
embryonic research until 2OO4
TheEUCouncil oi Ministers
appro'reda moratorium ondestructive
human embryo research
lntil31st
December2003vvhen a decision
wiilbemade. Thiscompromrse wasproposed bytheDanrshPresidency
following
oppositionfromGermany.Austria.ltaly.lreland
andPoitugal.
Intheend.withtheexception
of ltal1,.
thecompromise wasaccepted.Thedecisionallows studies germ
onstemcell lineswhichdonoiinvolve
desiructjon
of living
embryosandanyresearch allowed stemcellsafter2003musibegoverned
onembryonic
byregulations guidelines,
andelhical

Italywascorrecttc reject
thecompromiseandseekfurther andsafeguards,
assurances TheProLifeCampaign
lobby
will theGovernment overthecomingmonthsto insist
thatdestructive
experimentation
onhuman embr;rcs,
evenif carried
outelsewherewithEUfunds.mustnotbedoneir lreland's
nameorevenwiththetacitapprol'al
ofourrepresentativesontheCorrncil
of Ministers.
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p
s Pro Life Gampaign submissions
ln JunethePro.Life
Campaign published
Positively
Protecting
Life,a comprehensive to theCrisis
submission
@'
PregnancyAgency,setting
outwaysinwhichsociety
should
besupporting women pregnancies
withunexpected
v byadoptinga morebalanced to helping
approach reduce
ourabortion rate.
F' - €4 incl.postage)
contacttheofficeif youwouldlikea copyof thesubmission
(Please

InOctoberthePLCpublished itslatestsubmission
to theMedical
Council'sEthicsCommittee,setting
out
a detailed
andclosely
argued casefortheretention of a lifeaffirming
andshengthening foundation
ethical
fortheoractice
of medicine
in lreland.

Gardinal Ratzinger backed

abortion referendum
Cardinal Joseph gavehisapproval
Ratzinger to thepro-llfe
amendment, whichwasnarrowly rejectedbythe
electorate lastMarch. TheCardinal whois headof theCongregation fortheDoctrine andthe'Faithin Romewrote
to theHierarchy stating
thattheAmendment didnotconflict
withCatholicChurch Thenewsis significant
teaching.
because somepro-life groups in thereferendum campaignclaimedthattheAmendment wouldopenthedoor
to abortion. lf thiswerethecase,CardinalRaLingerwould nothavegivenhisbacking.to
certainly theproposal.
I
Thepurpose of thereferendum wasto overturn the1992Supreme Courtdecision, whichlegalisedabortion,
up
v to birth.Byoffering protection'in particular'to
humpnlifein thewomb,theAmendment wasin nowaywithdrawing
H
F
protection fromhumanlifepriorto implantation inthewomb.TheProLifeCampaign's legaladvicewasthatthe
'in
phrase particular' presupposed protection priorto implantation,
thatconstitutional existed therebyshengthening
thelegalprotection forhuman embryos. A number of prominent
pro-abortion lawyersacceptedthevalidity
of thisargument andurgedopposition to theAmendment onthatbasis.

US election results
Washington,DC- Pro-life
advocates
maynothavetowaitlongafterthestartofthecongressional
session
nextyeartoseetheeffect
oftheproJife
gains
made intherecent
US elections.

TrentLoft,whowill'become
Senator theSenate Majority promised
Leader, votesoonona partial-birth
a Senate
abortion
ban:"l willcallit up,wewill pass
it,andthePresidentwill
signit.l'mmakingthatcommitment -
youcanwriteit down."

Theelections werea totallossforabortion groups

advocacy thatspent promoting
millions candidates
withextreme viewsonabortion. TheNARAL alliance
spent
$10million
onpro-abortion
candidates
andstilllost10outoftheir11targetedseats.

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