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Plans to light up Belfast City Hall to honor abortion may be thwarted
Belfast City Hall is unlikely to be lit up green in honor of abortion as planned next week.
A Belfast City Council committee voted in favor of lighting the building up green in honor of Safe Abortion Day on September 28.
That decision was later finalized with a full vote from the city council, despite a petition opposing the move submitted with over 20,000 signatures.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) used a call-in procedure to halt the lighting, and it is now unlikely to take place on September 28 as planned.
International Safe Abortion Day is commemorated annually on September 28, and earlier this month, the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee of the Belfast City Council voted to light up the Belfast City Hall building green to commemorate it. The request was made by the National Women's Council of Ireland, which claimed:
International Safe Abortion Day is a global day of action to demand access to safe and legal abortion care everywhere. The day highlights the public health importance of ensuring access to safe and legal abortion care for all those who need it.
A full council vote was held the next day, and the lighting was formally approved, even though a petition had been submitted with 20,000 signatures opposing the display.
The BBC reported that a last-minute maneuver has likely stopped the lighting of Belfast City Hall from taking place on September 28th as planned, after the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) used a call-in procedure to put a stop to it.
As the BBC explained:
A "call-in" can be requested by 15% of councillors, if they believe a decision was not properly considered - known as procedural grounds - or that it would disproportionately affect a section of the district, also known as community impact grounds.
The council can then ask a lawyer to examine the decision.
The Belfast City Council is challenging the procedure, but as a decision is unlikely to be made on the issue before Monday, it seems that the lighting is unlikely to take place.
Precious Life, a pro-life group based in Northern Ireland, welcomed the news, but said it still plans to hold a protest outside City Hall on Monday.
“We’ve seen huge numbers sign petitions, and online polls show huge majorities against this disturbing decision, yet the majority of the Council members wanted to celebrate abortion,” the group said in a statement. “That hasn’t changed."
The very notion of safe abortion is an oxymoron, as every successful abortion takes a human life, while countless more women are injured, traumatized, and killed.
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·Plans to light up Belfast City Hall to honor abortion may be thwarted
Belfast City Hall is unlikely to be lit up green in honor of abortion as planned next week.
A Belfast City Council committee voted in favor of lighting the building up green in honor of Safe Abortion Day on September 28.
That decision was later finalized with a full vote from the city council, despite a petition opposing the move submitted with over 20,000 signatures.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) used a call-in procedure to halt the lighting, and it is now unlikely to take place on September 28 as planned.
International Safe Abortion Day is commemorated annually on September 28, and earlier this month, the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee of the Belfast City Council voted to light up the Belfast City Hall building green to commemorate it. The request was made by the National Women's Council of Ireland, which claimed:
International Safe Abortion Day is a global day of action to demand access to safe and legal abortion care everywhere. The day highlights the public health importance of ensuring access to safe and legal abortion care for all those who need it.
A full council vote was held the next day, and the lighting was formally approved, even though a petition had been submitted with 20,000 signatures opposing the display.
The BBC reported that a last-minute maneuver has likely stopped the lighting of Belfast City Hall from taking place on September 28th as planned, after the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) used a call-in procedure to put a stop to it.
As the BBC explained:
A "call-in" can be requested by 15% of councillors, if they believe a decision was not properly considered - known as procedural grounds - or that it would disproportionately affect a section of the district, also known as community impact grounds.
The council can then ask a lawyer to examine the decision.
The Belfast City Council is challenging the procedure, but as a decision is unlikely to be made on the issue before Monday, it seems that the lighting is unlikely to take place.
Precious Life, a pro-life group based in Northern Ireland, welcomed the news, but said it still plans to hold a protest outside City Hall on Monday.
“We’ve seen huge numbers sign petitions, and online polls show huge majorities against this disturbing decision, yet the majority of the Council members wanted to celebrate abortion,” the group said in a statement. “That hasn’t changed."
The very notion of safe abortion is an oxymoron, as every successful abortion takes a human life, while countless more women are injured, traumatized, and killed.
Live Action News is pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.
Our work is possible because of our donors. Please consider giving to further our work of changing hearts and minds on issues of life and human dignity.
Contact editor@liveaction.org for questions, corrections, or if you are seeking permission to reprint any Live Action News content.
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