Lumiere Charity: BREAKING NEWS DUBLIN; MELISSA OHDEN DECLARES, "IF IRELAND DOESN'T STAY PROTECTIVE OF UNBORN LIFE, WHO WILL?"

Mrs Melissa Ohden and Rev Catherine Whittle

THOUSANDS RALLIED FROM ALL OVER IRELAND AND FURTHER AFIELD TO STAND BEFORE DAIL EIREANN AND PLEDGE THEIR ALLEGIANCE THAT THE "EIGHTH AMENDMENT MUST STAY!"

Melissa Ohden, Abortion Survivor
Mrs Melissa Ohden, courageous survivor of an horrendous failed abortion, addressed the cheering crowd. [1]
She told us that people everywhere are watching what is happening in this country, and declared

"If Ireland doesn't stay protective

of unborn life, WHO WILL?"

Indeed! If Ireland, the land of saints and scholars, does not stand firm at this crucial time, the very stones would cry out in protest.

Protect Life as opposed to Culture of Death
The 8th Amendment of Ireland strongly protects the unborn child. The call often heard by prolifers is that women should have choice over their own bodies.
Well, I agree wholeheartedly.

The unborn woman within the woman should have the choice not to have her infant body tortured and brutally killed within the womb.

The world has been blessed to have Melissa Ohden in our midst. Yet every attempt was made to cruelly wrest her rights away from her when she lay defenceless and unborn in the womb.
Melissa cried out from the podium today, calling on Amnesty to support the Eighth Amendment in Ireland.

"Amnesty was once a defender

of human rights. Where were my rights

when I was being slowly burned to death?"

Melissa, survivor of the tortuous and cruel method of saline infusion abortion, told the crowd how she could have been left to die after the failed abortion.
Many babies have reportedly been abandoned after failed abortion, and died. They - tragically - are no longer with us.
Melissa pointed to the fact that people can do such actions as an indicator that
"This is what abortion has done to our world."
The Eighth Amendment in Ireland is an important amendment to protect life, as opposed to a culture of death.

TD Mattie McGrath

TD Mattie McGrath with Rally Organizers

The crowd of thousands cheered Independent TD Mattie McGrath, Champion of the Unborn at the Rally.
He continues to show unwavering support for the right of the Unborn to life.

In November 2015, TD McGrath was quoted as saying that "Abortion interventions

creating a climate of despair,"

Alleged News. [2]

In the 2015 report, TD McGrath went on to say, "My major concern here is that in all the talk of removing the Eight, there has been a complete absence of any mechanism which proposes to even acknowledge the life of the unborn child at the constitutional level.
The advocacy groups who are pushing this agenda such as Amnesty Ireland have betrayed a terrifying reluctance to even admit that this is a legitimate area of concern.
There is a palpable sense that the whole debate is already being manipulated and dragged toward a pre-ordained end; that of unlimited abortion without any kind of legislative restraint.
The fact that the most recent polls show an ever decreasing margin of support for this kind of approach is brushed aside as irrelevant.
What is equally frightening however is the atmosphere of complete despair that is being generated by those ministers who have spoken out.
There has been a total focus on abortion as the only viable option to a crisis pregnancy to the total exclusion of options like peri-natal care hospices or other support services.
This is not the way to help women in crisis pregnancies; by telling them that ending the life of their child is the only way forward.
To that extent the drive for removing the Eight Amendment represents a narrowing of 'choice' which is deeply ironic," concluded Deputy McGrath; Alleged News. [2]

Ms Heidi Crowter campaigns on behalf of Down's syndromers

Ms Heidi Crowter wows the crowd

Ms Heidi Crowter rallied the crowds with her inimitable style; her poise, charm and laughter won all as she campaigned for the right to life of those with Down's syndrome.
Heidi, living a full and happy life with Down's syndrome, called for the Eighth Amendment in Ireland to be protected.
Both Heidi and her mother spoke of the situation in the UK where over 90% of children with Down's syndrome are aborted, Alleged News. [3]
In June 2015 an investigation into figures published by the Department of Health revealed the number of abortions carried out because babies were found to have Down's syndrome or other disabilities had increased by 34 per cent in just three years since 2011, Alleged News. [4]
Heidi lives independently, works as a hairdresser and lives the truth; that Down's syndrome is not a 'serious disability' but a learning curve for the person with the diagnosis, and their family.

Ms Cora Sherlock

Ms Cora Sherlock, well known as an icon of the prolife movement in Ireland, spoke movingly as the crowds cheered her.
"What we want to see happen after today is that politicians, the media and the public in general will really start to focus on the human side of the Eighth Amendment, the human lives that have been saved by the Eighth Amendment, because I think it's something that has been missing from the debate, and that's what today is all about," declared Cora. [5]

Rally Supporters of the Eighth Amendment