Irish Lawmakers Reject Bill That Required Unborn Babies to Receive Pain Meds before Being Aborted

Tim Jackson : Dec 16, 2021
LifeSiteNews.com

Only 36 politicians out of 160 in the Irish parliament voted in favor of the Foetal Pain Relief Bill 2021.

(Dublin, Ireland) — [LifeSiteNews.com] The Irish government and a host of left-wing Members of Parliament (TDs) have rejected a fetal pain relief bill that would have required abortionists to provide an anesthetic to babies over 20 weeks’ gestation about to be killed. (Screengrab image)

Reaching its second reading last night in the Dáil, Ireland’s parliament, the bill was blocked by a government motion which opposed allowing the legislation to progress to Committee Stage.

107 TDs backed the government motion to halt the fetal pain relief bill, whilst only 36 voted to proceed with the legislation.

Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae expressed his dismay during last night’s debate that the Irish government would not accept a bill to "help a small little vulnerable person from feeling pain," whilst Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín condemned the cruelty of politicians who "completely ignore the humanity" of unborn babies.

A host of Rural Independents and cross-party TDs had co-sponsored the bill in an attempt to alleviate the pain felt by babies in late-term abortions, but in proposing the government’s counter-motion Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly claimed it would not be appropriate for a piece of legislation to dictate clinical practice in a healthcare setting... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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