Ireland's Three-Day Waiting Period Saves Lives
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🗓️ 5 October 2023
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Summary
Ireland only legalized abortion in 2018. At the time, a three-day waiting period between an initial consultation and the actual procedure was established, designed to help women considering abortion think through the implications of the life-altering (and life-ending) procedure.
Five years later, pro-abortion advocates are pushing for its repeal, which may be because it has been so effective. As Right to Life UK reports, in 2022, 2,600 women in Ireland had babies instead of abortions after a three-day waiting period. In a country of only five million people, where there were just over 8,000 total abortions in that same time period, that's a more than significant number of lives saved.
Because abortion depends on selective ignorance, laws can make a real difference. When people are forced to confront the humanity of the unborn, and women are given time to process this decision, more choose life. That might be why so many abortion advocates work hard to keep the procedure in darkness.
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| 0:00.0 | With a woman-a-look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with a point. |
| 0:04.3 | Ireland only legalized abortion in 2018, and at the time a 3-day waiting period between |
| 0:09.4 | an initial consultation and the actual procedure was established, designed to help women |
| 0:13.9 | consider an abortion, think through the implications of this life altering and life-ending procedure. |
| 0:19.4 | Five years later, pro-abortion advocates are pushing for its repeal, which may be because |
| 0:24.0 | it's been so effective. Right to life UK reports that in 2022, 2,600 women in Ireland had |
| 0:30.6 | babies instead of abortions after the 3-day waiting period, and in a country of only 5 |
| 0:35.0 | million people were there were just over 8,000 total abortions during that same time, that's |
| 0:39.6 | more than a significant number of lives saved. Because abortion depends on selective ignorance, |
| 0:44.2 | laws can make a real difference, when people are forced to confront the humanity of the pre-born |
| 0:48.4 | and women given time to process their decision, more of them choose life. And that might be why |
| 0:53.1 | so many abortion advocates work so hard to keep this procedure veiled in darkness. |
| 0:57.7 | For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street. |
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