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   From: communist-scum@womenvoteproject.org   
      
   May 24, 2018 (Society for the Protection of Unborn Children) – A   
   mother whose baby was diagnosed with a life-limiting genetic   
   condition in the womb has said that the Irish Government is   
   exploiting the pain of families like hers ahead of the abortion   
   referendum.   
      
   On Friday, Ireland votes on whether to repeal the right to life   
   of the unborn and allow the government to legislate for   
   abortion. One of the main arguments from the Yes side has been   
   that abortion is needed for women whose babies have been   
   diagnosed with a "fatal foetal abnormality."   
      
   Using my pain   
      
   However, Sandra Caulfield, whose daughter Hope Rose was   
   diagnosed with Edward's syndrome and died at nine days old, said   
   last night that she is supporting a No vote.   
      
   She said: "I want people to understand that the government and   
   the Yes campaign is using my pain and the pain of families like   
   ours to legislate for abortion on demand, and I think that they   
   are exploiting our pain to mislead the Irish people."   
      
   Abortion is not healthcare   
      
   Hope Rose was diagnosed with Edward's syndrome when Ms Caulfield   
   was 14 weeks pregnant. She was given comfort care after being   
   born at Mayo University Hospital last September, and spent the   
   last three days of her life at home. Ms Caulfield said: "Hope   
   came and graced us with her presence for nine days, she taught   
   us all so many lessons about true love and acceptance. I will be   
   eternally grateful for Hope's life."   
      
   She added: "How you can call abortion healthcare is beyond me.   
   What I and Hope Rose received was proper healthcare."   
      
   She was not a fatal foetal abnormality   
      
   Other parents of babies with life-limiting conditions or other   
   disabilities have also been speaking out against legalising   
   abortion in their name. Liz McDermott of One Day More made a   
   powerful intervention during RTE's last televised debate on the   
   referendum last night, saying that abortion in these cases left   
   no hope, just a dead child.   
      
   Vicky Hall wrote in the journal.ie about her experience of   
   losing her daughter Líadán, who also had Edward's syndrome.   
   Referring to the dehumanising term often used for disabled   
   babies with a limited life expectancy, she said: "She was not a   
   baby with a fatal foetal abnormality, she was my baby, and she   
   was perfect. Her life was short, but her life was full of the   
   kind of love that you cannot express in words."   
      
   Exploiting abortion victims   
      
   Niamh Ui Bhriain, from the Save the 8th campaign, said that the   
   Yes Campaign are also exploiting other difficult cases to   
   legalise abortion on demand. For example, the case of "Ms C" a   
   13 year old rape victim who was taken to England for an   
   abortion, is often cited as a reason abortion is needed. Ms C   
   has said that she was given the abortion, which she regrets   
   every day, without her consent, and is calling for a No vote.   
      
   https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/irish-mothers-accuse-govt-of-   
   exploiting-them-for-abortion-referendum   
      
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