Precious Life blast Amnesty International for its "startling infatuation" with abortion

Amnesty International this week claimed that human rights in Northern Ireland are ‘in limbo’ because of the ongoing legal protection provided for unborn babies here.  Amnesty claimed that the province’s ability to push through abortion laws is stuck in a “political limbo” because of the Stormont deadlock. The so-called ‘human rights’ group called on the UK government to force abortion on Northern Ireland, branding it an “urgent human rights issue.” It appears Amnesty has forgotten that human rights begin with human life.

Amnesty, blind-sided by its obsession with killing unborn children, is willing to toss to one side the principles of devolution and disregard the democratic process in its entirety. Amnesty is asking the British Government to intervene and force abortion onto the women and babies of Northern Ireland, despite the fact abortion is a devolved matter. Significantly, the most recent vote on abortion within any UK legislature took place in February 2016 at Stormont.

Precious Life have slammed Amnesty International’s latest push for abortion. Director Bernadette Smyth said that Amnesty has abandoned its original mission of safeguarding human rights in pursuit of an extreme and cruel abortion agenda.

“Amnesty was founded to highlight and confront human rights abuses and to stand up for citizens who were suffering under unjust regimes. It is beyond disgraceful that Amnesty International are betraying its own founding mission through its startling infatuation with abortion. Amnesty now seems to spend the vast majority of its time attacking the rights of the most defenceless and vulnerable people of all – unborn babies. It’s an assault to those who seek to defend real human rights and protect the vulnerable.”

Bernadette Smyth continued, “Amnesty’s dangerous preoccupation with abortion means that they are completely out of step with the majority of people in Northern Ireland, the vast majority of whom do not see abortion as a priority, with hundreds of thousands more totally opposed to abortion.

Amnesty cannot see anything else – central everyday issues such as education, real healthcare, hospital waiting lists and housing are not even on their radar because they are so determined to have innocent unborn babies killed through abortion. People are seriously starting to lose respect for Amnesty and I have lost count of the amount of people we have heard from who have vowed to never support Amnesty again because of their stance on abortion.”

Bernadette Smyth also disputed Amnesty’s claim surrounding international law on abortion. The group claimed this week that human rights are being ‘sacrificed’ and that women in Northern Ireland are subject to some of the most draconian and outdated abortion laws in the world. 

“We have heard many references from Amnesty to human rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights says that everyone has the right to life.  Contrary to what Amnesty are claiming, there is no such thing as a human right to abortion in human rights law: let us be clear about that.

Nowhere does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights nor a single legal treaty or convention acknowledge abortion as being a human rights question, because abortion is literally designed with one sole purpose – to intentionally end the life of a tiny and innocent human being through lethal injection, poisoning, suffocation and dismemberment. In contrast, the right to life of every person is widely recognised in international law as being the most fundamental human right of all.”

Bernadette Smyth concluded: “Our pro-life laws are something to celebrate and fight for because they protect the most vulnerable in our society – the unborn child in the womb. Our laws are also vital because they safeguard the women of Northern Ireland from an abortion industry which is knee-deep in allegations of unsafe and unethical practises. Our laws are modern, compassionate and progressive because they protect the fundamental rights of both mother and baby and care for both.”






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