{"id":216287,"date":"2020-01-05T14:55:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T20:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=216287"},"modified":"2020-01-03T23:26:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T05:26:59","slug":"irish-health-minister-pro-life-prayer-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/irish-health-minister-pro-life-prayer-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish health minister &#8216;committed&#8217; to banning pro-life prayer outside abortion centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/irish-health-minister-committed-to-banning-pro-life-prayer-outside-abortion-centers\">Life Site News<\/a>)\u00a0Simon Harris, Ireland\u2019s health minister, has promised to create \u201cexclusion zones\u201d banning pro-life witness around abortion facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Harris said he is \u201ccommitted\u201d to restricting pro-life speech outside abortion centers after pro-abortion politicians condemned pro-lifers online.<\/p>\n<p>A video of a pro-life witness outside the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin (where babies are aborted) was posted to Twitter by Dr. Mary Higgins, a consultant at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight here (national maternity hospital), right now 1\/1\/20; wonder why we need exclusion zones<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeoVaradkar\"> @LeoVaradkar<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimonHarrisTD\"> @SimonHarrisTD<\/a> &#8211; beneath the windows of a postnatal ward, in front if people leaving after a miscarriage, with small coffins, crosses and unsavoury images,\u201d she tweeted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Appalled to see. I don\u2019t wonder why we need it at all. Have been engaging with Attorney General, Gardai &amp; service providers about how best to bring it in in a manner that is constitutional etc. Can assure you I am committed to it and will be meeting cross party on it this month<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Simon Harris TD (@SimonHarrisTD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimonHarrisTD\/status\/1212404881501360129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimonHarrisTD\/status\/1212404881501360129\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"4\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"CallToAction-chevron\" data-scribe=\"element:cta_chevron\">Harris replied to the tweet, saying, \u201cAppalled to see. I don\u2019t wonder why we need it at all. Have been engaging with Attorney General, Gardai &amp; service providers about how best to bring it in in a manner that is constitutional etc. Can assure you I am committed to it and will be meeting cross party on it this month.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In comments to the press, Harris blasted the peaceful pro-lifers, asking, \u201cHow dare you turn up at a National Maternity Hospital and try to intimidate women?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Simon Harris says the protests outside Holles Street yesterday was \u2018sickening\u2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/24SbKq4KN4\">pic.twitter.com\/24SbKq4KN4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christina Finn (@christinafinn8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/christinafinn8\/status\/1212760482354008064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-expand\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-shrink\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Harris also wrote a series of tweets on his own Twitter account on January 1 celebrating the introduction of abortion to the Republic of Ireland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A year ago today we fulfilled a commitment to the Irish people and introduced free, safe and legal abortion services in our own country in line with the proposals we put forward during the referendum to repeal the 8th.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Simon Harris TD (@SimonHarrisTD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimonHarrisTD\/status\/1212320928115412992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Catherine Noone, the deputy leader of the Irish Senate, also took to Twitter to complain about the pro-life event, saying, \u201cWe can\u2019t wait any longer for exclusion zone legislation, it should have been done before now. It needs to be a major priority for the start of the new term. The danger is that it might never happen if there\u2019s a change of Government.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We can\u2019t wait any longer for exclusion zone legislation, it should have been done before now. It needs to be a major priority for the start of the new term. The danger is that it might never happen if there\u2019s a change of Government. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NPEdFvMovg\">https:\/\/t.co\/NPEdFvMovg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sen Catherine Noone (@senatornoone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/senatornoone\/status\/1212412094131429377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"3\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/senatornoone\/status\/1212412094131429377\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"7\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"CallToAction-chevron\" data-scribe=\"element:cta_chevron\">Higgins has been criticized by a number of Twitter users for having <a href=\"https:\/\/gript.ie\/accusations-hypocrisy-doctor-pictured-abortion-campaigners-hospital-demonstration\/?fbclid=IwAR3kQqk4l8rqkdDSv3EY2vfViUu6ekbP1ynaX6bPjj9UamY6ec3crWbExsk\">supported a pro-abortion event outside the same hospital in 2018.<\/a> One user responded to Higgins\u2019 claim to be concerned about the impact of a pro-life witness on women leaving the hospital after a miscarriage, by asking, \u201cNot worried about mothers to be that day, were you?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"article-image full-width\" data-location=\"13\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.lifesitenews.com\/images\/made\/images\/remote\/https_www.lifesitenews.com\/images\/local\/higgins_645_637.png\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The National Maternity Hospital was the focus of media attention last year when an expectant mother opted to have an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/irish-mom-aborts-wanted-baby-with-fatal-abnormality-discovers-afterward-baby-was-perfectly-healthy\">abortion after a test taken at the hospital inidicated her that her child had Trisomy 18<\/a>. It was later confirmed that the baby had been perfectly healthy and the devastated mother called for a public enquiry. In September of last year, the first 40 Days for Life campaign of peaceful pro-life prayer was launched outside the hospital following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/irish-senate-passes-abortion-bill-legalizing-abortion-on-demand\">introduction of legislation allowing for abortion on demand in the Emerald Isle.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This article was published at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/irish-health-minister-committed-to-banning-pro-life-prayer-outside-abortion-centers\">Life Site News<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Life Site News)\u00a0Simon Harris, Ireland\u2019s health minister, has promised to create \u201cexclusion zones\u201d banning pro-life witness around abortion facilities. Harris said he is \u201ccommitted\u201d to restricting pro-life speech outside abortion centers after pro-abortion politicians condemned pro-lifers online. A video of a pro-life witness outside the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin (where babies are aborted) was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":701,"featured_media":216289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7077,5,4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Irish health minister &#039;committed&#039; to banning pro-life prayer outside abortion centers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Simon Harris, Ireland\u2019s health minister, has promised to create \u201cexclusion zones\u201d banning pro-life witness around abortion facilities.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/irish-health-minister-pro-life-prayer-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Irish health minister &#039;committed&#039; 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