Abortion ‘a sin’ says actor Jeremy Irons

Actor Jeremy Irons 

A-List actor Jeremy Irons from the latest Batman movie recently went out of his way to slam abortion in an interview.
Influential entertainment figures have tended to rush to US abortion giant Planned Parenthood’s defence and it is therefore uncommon for celebrities to share even modest pro-life beliefs, which is why Irons’ statements drew such ire from abortion activists.


“I think the Church is right to say [abortion’s] a sin,” Irons said in his interview with The Guardian.


He continued, “Abortion harms a woman – it’s a tremendous mental attack, and physical, sometimes. But we seem to get that muddled. In a way, thank God the Catholic Church does say we won’t allow it, because otherwise nobody’s saying that it’s a sin.”


Popular feminist blog Jezebel called Irons a “stupid fartbag” for his anti-abortion statements, claiming they were out of touch.
Starwipe, an offshoot of the US satirical site The Onion, mocked outrage over his statements with an article Public Outraged That Jeremy Irons Holds Same View On Abortion As Half Of Congress. And more than half of Americans, too.


Irons did hold back and did not suggest that women should not be able to get an abortion altogether, but for the Tinseltown world of Hollywood his statement is rare.


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Taken from: https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/abortion-a-sin-jeremy-irons/

Catholic Church in Poland Pushes for Legislation to Ban All Abortions and Protect Unborn Children

Micaiah Bilger   Apr 14, 2016   |   10:18AM    Warsaw, Poland                           

           

Catholic Church leaders in Poland are working to restore protections for all unborn babies in the European nation.as Poland’s national faith for 1,050 years, the church bishops are urging legislators to pass a measure to ban all abortions, according to the Associated Press. The celebration is happening this week.
“In this jubilee year of Poland’s baptism, we urge all people of goodwill, believers and nonbelievers, to take action to ensure full legal protection of unborn lives,” the bishops said.
In Poland, abortion is legal in cases of rape, life or health of the mother or severe fetal deformities. A new citizen-lead measure would make abortion illegal except to save the mother’s life.
A few weeks ago, Catholic priests read a statement by the bishops in support of the bill. According to the Catholic news group The Tablet:

The bishops’ statement, read in churches on 3 April, said Poland’s 1993 law, which restricts abortions to cases of rape, incest, severe foetal damage or threats to a woman’s life, could not be sustained and should be replaced by a total ban.

“Catholics’ position on this is clear, and unchangeable. One needs to protect every person’s life from conception to natural death,” they said.

“We ask the lawmakers and the government to initiate the legislation.”

The pro-life measure already has received wide-spread support. Poland Prime Minister Beata Szydlo told Radio Poland that she supports the citizen bill, and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the ruling Law and Justice Party in Poland, said he plans to follow the Catholic leaders’ call to pass the measure. Last week, more than 100 Polish journalists also signed an open letter to the members of the parliament, supporting the ban and encouraging legislators to change the current law.


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However, some pro-abortion feminist groups already have staged protests against the citizen bill, claiming it would lead to dangerous back alley abortions.
The citizen bill gained more attention after the horrific story of a late-term baby who allegedly was born alive after a failed abortion attempt at a Warsaw hospital and screamed for an hour as it was left to die.
Abortion is legal through the first trimester in most of Europe. Poland is one of the few European nations that protects unborn babies from abortion in most cases.


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Taken from: http://www.newsweek.com/poland-moves-ban-abortions-all-circumstances-445643

Canadian pro-life activist Mary Wagner arrested



 

On December 12, police once again arrested well-known Canadian pro-life activist Mary Wagner as she attempted to plead with women at an abortion clinic to keep their babies.

If you are receiving this email, you may be from Canada, or from another Commonwealth country -- or even beyond. That's perfect.

We want to send a message of support and hope - not just to Mary - but to the whole world (especially Commonwealth countries), saying human life is sacred and precious, no matter where in the world its dignity is defended.

So, as we celebrate Advent, please remember Mary Wagner and sign our letter of encouragement to her in prison:

http://www.citizengo.org/en/lf/31829-send-note-mary-wagner-pro-life-prisoner-conscience

Mary Wagner went to the abortion clinic with pro-life literature and a bag full of red roses to give to women comtemplating abortion. She voluntarily submitted to arrest after choosing to continue counseling women at the clinic after being asked to leave. We don't know for sure, but Mary's actions may have convinced some women, who were scheduled to abort their children that morning, to change their minds.

When asked in the past why she has risked arrest to protect babies, Mary has answered: “People have often asked me if I could not simply stay outside the area I am forbidden to enter, and in that way, avoid arrest. But this question forgets something: the children scheduled to be killed will have no one to stand up for them. We will stop being present to them and to their mothers out of obedience to an immorally imposed restriction by those entrusted with authority.”

Sign our letter of encouragement to Mary Wagner:

http://www.citizengo.org/en/lf/31829-send-note-mary-wagner-pro-life-prisoner-conscience
 

Thank you for taking time to write a letter to a peaceful pro-life activist who will spend the night in jail tonight. After signing the petition, please say a prayer for Mary Wagner and for the end of abortion in Canada and around the world!

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