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[Emoke Greschik]

 Bishops silent on Northern Ireland law forcing Catholic schools to refer
for abortions
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/bishops-silent-on-northern-ireland-law-forcing-catholic-schools-to-refer-for-abortions


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December 13, 2019 (LifeSiteNews <https://www.lifesitenews.com>) – Pro-life
activists in Northern Ireland have said that the statements made thus far
by the Catholic bishops there fail to adequately address the* radical new
abortion laws **recently imposed *on the region
<https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abortion-same-sex-marriage-coming-to-northern-ireland-at-midnight-as-assembly-fails-to-block>
.

Notably, *the new abortion regime will force Catholic schools to refer
girls for abortions without telling their parents*. Pro-lifers are
concerned about the bishops’ lack of acknowledgement of this reality.

The Catholic bishops recently commented on Northern Ireland’s new abortion
laws in guidance to Catholics concerning the U.K.’s general election
<https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2019/12/05/message-from-the-bishops-in-northern-ireland-to-voters-ahead-of-the-westminster-general-election/>,
which took place this week.

The guidance notes that the passing of the abortion law was “tragic” and
states that the new laws are unjust and should be resisted. *The bishops
say:*

*Any human law that removes the right to life is an unjust law and must be
resisted by every person, every voter, every political representative. For
Catholic politicians this is not only a matter of protecting the human
right to life but also a fundamental matter of Catholic faith.*

*The bishops urged people to* *“pray for a society which respects the equal
right to life and care of a mother and her unborn child” and also asked
that voters “inform themselves about the position of candidates standing
for election in respect of their willingness to support and cherish equally
the lives of mothers and their unborn children.''*

*But pro-life campaigners are concerned that there has been no statement by
the bishops regarding the fact that the legislation will require schools,
including Catholic schools, to direct pregnant students for abortion.*

A 2018 report <https://undocs.org/CEDAW/C/OP.8/GBR/1> made by the United
Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women (CEDAW) recommended with regard to abortion in the U.K. and
Northern Ireland that the government introduce mandatory sex education
which included. Section 86 (d) of that report reads:

The Committee recommends that the State party:

(d) Make age-appropriate, comprehensive and scientifically accurate
education on sexual and reproductive health and rights a compulsory
component of curriculum for adolescents, covering prevention of early
pregnancy and access to abortion, and monitor its implementation

The “Northern Ireland Executive Formation etc Act 2019,”
<http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/22/enacted> which has brought
about the change in Northern Ireland’s abortion laws, requires that the
recommendations made in the 2018 CEDAW report be implemented. Section 9 of
the Act states: “The Secretary of State must ensure that the
recommendations in paragraphs 85 and 86 of the CEDAW report are implemented
in respect of Northern Ireland.”

Liam Gibson, Northern Ireland political officer for the Society for the
Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) <https://spuc.org.uk>, told
LifeSiteNews that the Catholics bishops have “yet to acknowledge that under
the new regime, schools, including Catholic schools will be required by law
to direct girls for abortion without even informing parents.”

He said:

The bishops have yet to acknowledge that under the new regime, schools,
including Catholic schools will be required by law to direct girls for
abortion without even informing parents. The potential for an abuser to
procure an abortion for his victim and continue the abuse is wide open. If
this happens it would be a complete betrayal of parents who place their
trust in these schools to teach in accordance with the Catholic faith and
to keep their children safe.

There is also the very real threat that so-called flexibility in the new
regime will open the way to schools being designated as places suitable for
performing abortions. If the bishops don’t act now to stop this Catholic
schools will be providing girls with secret abortions and the Church will
be culpable for the deaths that take place in their schools.

All this will happen unless Catholic parents demand that the bishop stand
up to the government and refuse to allow their schools to become the
killing grounds of countless unborn children. Even if the government
threatens to withdraw state funding, the issue of abortions in Catholic
schools is not negotiable. Abortion is an act of lethal violence directed
at an innocent child and there is no acceptable level of violence against
children.

LifeSiteNews contacted Archbishop Eamonn Martin, the senior Catholic cleric
in Northern Ireland, but did not receive a response by press time.
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