Photo: Prolife Campaign
DUBLIN, June 10, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Forty thousand people marched in opposition to the Irish government’s abortion bill at the National Vigil for Life this Saturday in the centre of Dublin. According to organizers this made the Vigil for Life the largest pro-life gathering in Ireland’s history.
Carrying a huge banner reading, “Pro-woman, Pro-baby, Pro-life,” the marchers said they wanted to send a message to Prime Minister Enda Kenny and the coalition government that public opposition to proposed abortion legislation will not “simply go away.”
The government intends to vote in proposed abortion legislation, called the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act, in July.
Rebecca Roughneen of Youth Defence told LifeSiteNews.com that Saturday’s rally was a sign that the fight against the bill has been broadly successful, at least as far as generating public antipathy.
“[Prime Minister] Enda Kenny is saying it’s the ‘protection of life,’ bill, about saving lives, but in reality it’s about killing babies,” Roughneen said. “Irish women are already safe here. The fact is, he’s trying to pull the wool over people’s eyes, and they’re not being deceived.”
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