Irish pro-life advocates who campaigned hard to keep abortion in the forefront of the election issues say they are in general pleased with the outcome of Friday’s general elections. Niamh Uí Bhriain, head of the Life Institute, told LifeSiteNews.com election was a sign that the people of Ireland continue firmly to reject legalized abortion, reports LifeSiteNews.com. At the same time, pro-lifers are warning that a coalition government with the pro-abortion Labour party will present challenges ahead. Fianna Fáil, which had been Ireland’s main ruling party since the 1920s, lost a stunning 60 seats on Friday and now holds only 18 in the lower house. Fine Gael, the leading opposition party, which had pledged to retain Ireland’s protections for the unborn, now has 70 seats but is forced into a coalition with the strongly pro-abortion Labour party that holds 36 seats. Sinn Féin, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, came from nowhere to win 13 seats. Pro-life campaigners had particularly targeted a promise by Labour Party leader Eamonn Gilmore that the party would work towards legalizing abortion. Gilmore had told media that the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in the notorious ABC case required that the country change its pro-life constitution. To read the full story, click here.
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