Catholic leaders already have said their agencies will not abort unborn babies or provide information that encourages women to have abortions.
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Pro-abortion leaders in Ireland are pushing hard for radical pro-abortion laws that would force even Catholic pregnancy centers to promote abortions.
Pro-abortion Health Minister Simon Harris said Thursday that crisis pregnancy centers will be forced to provide information about abortions beginning next year, Extra Ireland reports.
Ireland voted to repeal its Eighth Amendment in May, stripping away protections for unborn babies from the Irish Constitution. Now, government leaders are pushing radical pro-abortion legislation that would legalize abortion for any reason up to 12 weeks of pregnancy and up to six months in a wide variety of circumstances. It would force taxpayers to pay for abortions and force Catholic hospitals to provide them.
On Thursday, the country’s Cabinet approved Harris’s bill, according to the report. It now moves to the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature, for debate.
Harris said every pregnancy center that receives taxpayer funding will be required to provide its clients with information about where they can get abortions; there will be no religious or moral exemptions.
Previously, Harris said Catholic hospitals will be forced to abort unborn babies, and doctors will be required to do abortions or refer patients to someone who does.
Under his plan, abortions will be paid for with taxpayer dollars – a cost of about €5 million (about $5.8 million) per year, according to the Irish Times.
Pro-abortion Health Minister Simon Harris said Thursday that crisis pregnancy centers will be forced to provide information about abortions beginning next year, Extra Ireland reports.
Ireland voted to repeal its Eighth Amendment in May, stripping away protections for unborn babies from the Irish Constitution. Now, government leaders are pushing radical pro-abortion legislation that would legalize abortion for any reason up to 12 weeks of pregnancy and up to six months in a wide variety of circumstances. It would force taxpayers to pay for abortions and force Catholic hospitals to provide them.
On Thursday, the country’s Cabinet approved Harris’s bill, according to the report. It now moves to the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature, for debate.
Harris said every pregnancy center that receives taxpayer funding will be required to provide its clients with information about where they can get abortions; there will be no religious or moral exemptions.
“I believe that crisis pregnancy agencies, regardless of who owns them or who runs them, if they’re funded by the taxpayer, should make all of the information available to women,” he said.
“I don’t think that’s a very radical concept to have. Trust women, trust women to make their own decisions. We should inform women of their options and let women make their decisions,” Harris continued.He also urged the legislature to pass the bill quickly so that abortion will be legal by January 2019.
Previously, Harris said Catholic hospitals will be forced to abort unborn babies, and doctors will be required to do abortions or refer patients to someone who does.
Under his plan, abortions will be paid for with taxpayer dollars – a cost of about €5 million (about $5.8 million) per year, according to the Irish Times.
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