Precious Life remember 8490 babies killed by abortion
We had a large turnout at our LIFE CHAIN at Belfast City Hall on Saturday 19 October 2024, when people from across Northern Ireland came to stand IN REMEMBRANCE of the 8490 precious babies murdered by abortion.
It was five years ago in October 2019, when abortion was forced on Northern Ireland by the Westminster Parliament through Section 9 of their NI Executive Formation Act. Since then, more than 8,490 innocent unborn babies have lost their lives to this barbaric legislation.
8,490 babies killed by abortion is an average of 6 babies killed EVERY DAY
8,490 babies killed by abortion is the equivalent of 314 classrooms full of children being killed
8,490 babies killed is equivalent to the total population of the town of Newcastle, Co Down being killed
Speaking to the assembled crowd at City Hall, Bernadette quoted the words of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel who said, "...to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time." We will never forget all the babies killed. We marked this 5th anniversary with a poignant display of baby shoes laid out at the gates of City Hall, forming the number ‘8 4 9 0’. The shoes, each with a boy’s or girl’s name attached, represented a life taken by abortion. The shoes were surrounded with small white crosses and a memorial plaque for all babies killed by abortion. This heart-rending Memorial Display, seen by thousands of people passing the City Hall on a busy Saturday afternoon, served as a stark reminder of the real human cost of abortion in Northern Ireland.
WATCH THE RECORDED LIVESTREAM OF BERNADETTE'S ORATION OUTSIDE BELFAST CITY HALL...
We took our Memorial Display to Stormont on the following Tuesday (22nd Oct). The baby shoes, white crosses and memorial plaque were laid at the steps of Parliament Buildings.
We had earlier sent invitations to all the Assembly Members to join us at the steps in remembrance of the 8490 babies. Representatives from the TUV and DUP came out of their Stormont offices and joined us for our commemoration. They respectfully read the names on the shoes as they reflected on the enormity of the scale of such a loss of human life.
Sadly, the MLAs from SDLP, Sinn Fein, Alliance Party, UUP and PBP refused to take part in the commemoration, or even acknowledge those 8490 babies killed in Northern Ireland by abortion.
WATCH THE RECORDED LIVESTREAM FROM OUTSIDE STORMONT PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS...
LOBBY FOR LIFE Week
As part of the 5th Anniversary Commemoration, we launched a week-long LOBBY FOR LIFE Campaign, urging people to contacting their Assembly Members and MPs to express their outrage that more than 8490 babies have been killed over the past 5 years, and ask them to do everything within their power to Repeal Section 9 and restore protection for our unborn babies.
In Our Lobby for Life Campaign sent out the clear message to MPs and MLAs that :
• 79% of respondents to a NI Public Consultation opposed abortion being imposed on Northern Ireland. Abortion is not in our name.
• We are opposed to taxpayer's money being used to pay for the killing of 8,490 babies, while the Health Service is in crisis due to lack of funding.
• We want our elected representatives to make a commitment to provide women in unexpected pregnancy with life-affirming, compassionate solutions to their difficulties.
• We want our elected representatives to Repeal Section 9 of the NI Executive Formation Act 2019.
• We want our elected representatives to restore full legal protection for ALL unborn babies in Northern Ireland.
