Amnesty International’s abortion call doesn’t serve humanity or women’s rights

The Amnesty International report, which calls for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution (which recognises the equal right to life of mother and baby) and for the decriminalisation of abortion, is further proof that the organisation is no longer a human rights defender.

Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.”

Abortion is a violation of human rights because it involves the direct and deliberate taking of an innocent human life.

Amnesty International would better serve humanity, and women’s rights in particular, if they worked to ensure the right to life of all human beings, born and unborn, is upheld.

Mary O’Byrne

Galway For Life

St Augustine Street

Galway