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is TheProLifeCampaign lobby a non-denominational group, itssupport drawing froma widecross-section of lrishsociety. promotes TheCampaign prc-life education and human lifeat all defends fromconception stages death. to natural It alsocampaigns for resources to support women andassistpregnant andthosein needof healing afterabortion.
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The iob of sur politicalleadersis to lead and enact leglslatianneeded to protectthe lives of the mcst vulnerableamong us. Sa we should be concernedpoliticallywhen we see our legislatorsshying away from legislationneededto protectour unbornfelNowhuman beings. We have seen several worrying straws in the wind recently.One was the pre-trialGovernmentsubmissionto the EuropeanCourt of Human Rights(ECHR)on the D case, that a 'tenableargument'couldbe made that unbornchildrenwith a disabilityare nat protectedunder Article40.3.3 of the lrish Constitutlon. Anotherexamplewas the Government'sdecisionin July at the EU Councilof Ministersnot to supportcountrieslike Germany,Poland and Slovakiain opposingdestructiveresearchon human embryos. ln the coming General Electionin 2007, voters are entitledto knaw preciselywhere candidatesand partiesstand on importantright to life issues.The Pro Life Campaignrecentlyproducedmaterialsto focus public attentionon this matter.A main leafletwith the caption 'Your Vote Mattsrs * u$e iVto protect human life' will be distributedover the coming weeks. The Governmentneeds to urgentlyre-ccnsiderits whole approach. Unlessthey get their act togetherand draw up an ethicallycoherent,
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consistentlypro-lifeapproachto importantlife issues,they simply won't have time to reverse the alienationof pro-life voters.