Huge Pro-Life Rally in Northern Ireland, But Press Ignores it Entirely

Steve Weatherbe : Jul 8, 2016
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"This generation of pro-lifers are committed, tireless, skilled and determined, and they will ensure that love wins through, that abortion is defeated, and that mothers and babies are protected." --  Niamh Ui Bhriain

(Belfast, Northern Ireland) – [LifeSiteNews] Thousands of people bussed, drove and walked from throughout Ireland and British-ruled Northern Ireland last Saturday to unite in defense of laws protecting life from conception. (Photo Courtesy of All-Ireland Rally for Life (Credit: S McElligott Photography) via LifeSiteNews)

"This generation of pro-lifers are committed, tireless, skilled and determined, and they will ensure that love wins through, that abortion is defeated, and that mothers and babies are protected," Niamh Ui Bhriain, the director of the Dublin-based Life Institute, told the All-Ireland Rally for Life — a crowd bright with banners, posters, flags, and face paint.

With a looming legislative fight in Northern Ireland and a likely referendum coming in southern Ireland to remove laws and constitutional safeguards, the youthful crowd and their leaders showed enthusiasm for the battle.

Before assembling at Customs House Square, the group marched through Belfast behind a 30-foot banner addressing both Northern and Southern Ireland: "Protect the Offenses Against the Person Act 1861 and Save the Eighth Amendment of the Irish Constitution."

Elsewhere in Belfast, a pro-abortion crowd also rallied.

Ui Bhriain said thousands of young people were eager to campaign to defend the Eighth Amendment to the Irish constitution, which protects unborn life equally with the life of the mother.

Bernadette Smyth of the Precious Life group in Northern Ireland received sustained applause when she...

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