Irish Bishop: ‘We Are the Unborn Baby’s Last Line of Defense’

Apr 24, 2018 by

by Thomas D Williams, Breitbart:

The Irish Catholic Bishops seem to have found their voice—and their nerve—in the lead-up to a national referendum that could repeal the constitutional amendment recognizing the rights of the unborn.

In a well-financed campaign, abortion supporters have set their sights on Ireland in their crusade to make the killing of the unborn a universal human “right.” But there are welcome signs that the Irish will not go down without a fight.

In early April, the former chairman of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in Ireland called out a “campaign of fear and misinformation” being waged by the pro-abortion lobby in the lead-up to the national referendum.

Two weeks later, three Catholic bishops released hard-hitting, simultaneous pastoral letters on April 15, urging Catholics and all people of good will to reject attempts to overturn the Eighth Amendment.

This Sunday, a fourth bishop weighed in, Denis Brennan of the Diocese of Ferns, with his own packed pastoral message on behalf of the unborn.

Repealing the Eighth Amendment “will strip the voiceless of their most fundamental right and make all talk of any other human rights irrelevant for them,” Bishop Brennan said.

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