{"id":279587,"date":"2022-11-11T12:44:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T18:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=279587"},"modified":"2022-11-10T21:04:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T03:04:36","slug":"pro-abortion-attack-pro-life-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-attack-pro-life-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-abortion man bites pro-life activist in Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/thelifeinstitute.net\/blog\/2022\/vicious-man-bites-pro-life-supporter-at-event-commemorating-death-of-4-136-babies?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-prolifeinstitute&amp;utm_content=later-30899402&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkin.bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Life Institute<\/a>) On Saturday, November 5th, pro-life supporters gathered at Belfast City Hall to stand with Precious Life to mark the 3rd anniversary of abortion on demand in the North of Ireland, and to commemorate the resulting deaths of 4,136 innocent babies.<\/p>\n<p>In a video linked below, Precious Life director Bernie Smyth can be seen beginning her speech at the event. Shortly after she starts, the anti-social behaviour begins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPreciousLife.Ireland%2Fvideos%2F517719896948515%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A man can be seen approaching in the back, with his two young children. He begins to point at Bernie, directing his children\u2019s attention to her, and then twirling his finger at his head. The man repeated this behaviour numerous times, seemingly trying very hard to communicate a certain message about the Precious Life director to his young children.<\/p>\n<p>After approximately 4 minutes of this disruptive behaviour, which all of the attendees were forced to notice and be distracted by, as he and his children were positioned behind her, a female pro-life steward approached the man, asking him to stop. The man proceeded to try and slap the \u201cStop Abortion Violence\u201d poster out of her hands, and began loudly and aggressively shouting at her, \u201cGet out of my face!\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He continued this aggressive behaviour when a male pro-life steward came to the aid of the woman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA male steward then intervened and placed himself between the assailant and the woman to prevent him attacking her. The assailant then began shouting at the male steward. As the steward tried to restrain him, the assailant viciously bit the steward on the neck,\u201d\u00a0<a title=\"Opens in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.preciouslife.com\/news\/1153\/man-arrested-for-vicious-bite-attack-at-prolife-event-in-belfast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Precious Life<\/a>\u00a0said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The victim of the attack can be seen recoiling in shock and pain &#8211; and he required hospital treatment.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thelifeinstitute.net\/images\/image1.png\" width=\"655\" height=\"811\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The attacker can be seen in the back, seemingly handcuffed by police.<\/p>\n<p>The pro-life gathering continued, as Bernie Smyth pushed through in order to draw attention to the evil of abortion. Pro-life activists like Bernie and the Precious Life supporters in attendance are all too familiar with aggressive behaviour from abortion supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the men, women and children gathering to commemorate the innocent 4,136 babies killed by abortion were understandably appalled and frightened at the scene they had just witnessed. An apt quote from Saint Mother Teresa comes to mind:<\/p>\n<section class=\"txt\">\n<div class=\"wys\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cAny country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use violence to get what they want.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This article was originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/thelifeinstitute.net\/blog\/2022\/vicious-man-bites-pro-life-supporter-at-event-commemorating-death-of-4-136-babies?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-prolifeinstitute&amp;utm_content=later-30899402&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkin.bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Life Institute<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"fb-like-container\">\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-like fb_iframe_widget\" data-href=\"https:\/\/thelifeinstitute.net\/blog\/2022\/vicious-man-bites-pro-life-supporter-at-event-commemorating-death-of-4-136-babies\" data-width=\"290\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"like\" data-size=\"small\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pledge.liveaction.org\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=prolife_pledge\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-277267 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pledge-live-action-ad-970x250-700x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Life Institute) On Saturday, November 5th, pro-life supporters gathered at Belfast City Hall to stand with Precious Life to mark the 3rd anniversary of abortion on demand in the North of Ireland, and to commemorate the resulting deaths of 4,136 innocent babies. 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