Dear Editor,

It is with great regret that Galway For Life has noted that the Irish Centre For Human Rights based in NUI Galway is co-hosting a pro-abortion conference this week.  >>>read more

 

 

 

Letter to Westmeath Examiner 25th August 2009 

 

Dear Editor,

The death of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, one of the founders of the Special Olympics is a cause for mourning for many involved in human rights issues around the world.   >>> read more

 

 

 

Dear Editor,
It is shocking that the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights' recently called on the Irish government to introduce abortion legislation. This is a callous betrayal of the human rights of the most vulnerable section of European society, the unborn child.  >>>read more

 

 

 

Dear Editor,
LOUISE CAFFREY (Letters, December 29) incorrectly stated that the Netherlands has one of the lowest abortion rates in the EU. According to 2005 figures, the Netherlands has an abortion rate of 15.29% of live births. This is almost twice the reported abortion rate of Irish women. >>>read more

 

 

 

 

Dear Editor,
The news this week that researchers in the US and Japan have successfully reprogrammed ordinary skin cells to become stem cells, which can potentially be used to cure various diseases should be welcomed with enthusiasm by one and all. >>>read more

 

 

 

Dear Editor,

While there is much commentary in the media in recent days in relation to crisis pregnancy counselling agencies, it should be noted that Galway For Life has repeatedly sought to raise awareness regarding the need for more scrutiny of certain organisations engaged in such work. In particular, we believe that certain groups in receipt of taxpayers’ money from the Crisis Pregnancy Agency warrant serious examination. For example, the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA), an organisation which is in receipt of such funds, has openly campaigned for the availability of abortion in Ireland. Crisis Pregancy Counselling   >>>read more

 

 

Court of Human Rights violates the right to life

THE recent European Court of Human Rights ruling that Poland should compensate a mother who claimed she was discriminated against when she was refused an abortion is in itself discriminatory and flies in the face of the court’s remit to uphold human rights.  The right to life is the most basic and important human right. Without it all other rights are meaningless. The right to life of the unborn child has been included among the fundamental human rights acknowledged by the Irish constitution, and procured abortion is thus seen as an abuse of that human right.  >>>read more

 

 

 

In your report "Judges urged to take off 'Catholic Glasses'" (Irish Independent, November 18) the lawyer responsible for overturning Colombia's ban on abortion, Monica Roa, was described as a human rights lawyer.  To describe someone responsible for undermining the right to life of the most defenceless section of society as a human rights lawyer appals me. Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person."re Colombia here

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Letter to Irish Independent 18th November 2006 re R-v-R case here

Letter to Sligo Weekender 22nd January 2003 re UNFPA here

Letter to Sunday Business Post 9th November 2003 re Embryonic Stem Cell research here