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Choice Ireland calls for regulation of crisis pregnancy counselling agencies.

category dublin | rights and freedoms | press release author Tuesday August 14, 2007 20:58author by Niav - Choice Irelandauthor email choiceireland at gmail dot com Report this post to the editors

Choice Ireland

Press Release: Saturday 18th August 2007

Choice Ireland calls for regulation of crisis pregnancy counselling agencies.

As part of their ongoing campaign to highlight the issue of rogue crisis pregnancy counselling agencies, Choice Ireland has made a submission to the Law Reform Commission and will protest outside the Women’s Resource Centre on Saturday, 18th August 2007. Rogue crisis pregnancy counselling agencies advertise themselves as providers of legitimate pregnancy counselling services but they are known to use manipulative tactics, provide misleading information and intimidate women. The sole purpose of these agencies is to stop women from travelling outside the State to terminate a pregnancy.

Commenting Niav Keating said:

“Rogue crisis pregnancy agencies deliberately mislead women about the health risks associated with abortion. When Choice Ireland activists attended this agency, they were told that having an abortion would increase their risk of developing breast cancer, becoming an alcoholic and abusing children. These are blatant lies designed to scare vulnerable women in a crisis pregnancy situation”.

Commenting Sinead Ahearn said:

“At present, counselling services in Ireland are not regulated which means that any individual or group can establish a counselling service and this is an outrageous situation. We are calling on the government to bring forward statutory regulation for all pregnancy counselling services, prescribing minimum codes of practices and standards, to ensure that they do not impart misleading and incorrect information”.

Quotes end.

This protest will take place outside the rogue agency which is known as both the Women's Resource Centre and British Alternatives Pregnancy Services on 50 Upper Dorset Street on Satuday 18th August at 12 pm.

For further information and comment:

Niav Keating 086 329 3741
Sinead Ahearn 086 398 3189

Choice Ireland is a diverse group of Pro-Choice activists campaigning for free, safe and legal abortion services in Ireland.

Related Link: http://www.choiceireland.blogspot.com
author by E.publication date Wed Aug 15, 2007 08:47Report this post to the editors

Keep the pressure on!

author by pat cpublication date Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:15Report this post to the editors

Come along to the demo at the fake clinic, WRC, on 50 Upper Dorset Street on Satuday 18th August at 12 pm.

The people running the WRC wish to drive us back to the dark ages. They are opposed to abortion, contraception, divorce, gay rights.

author by Ciarapublication date Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:23Report this post to the editors

Great to see Choice Ireland are keeping the pressure on these rogue agencies. Will definately be there.

author by Starstruck - WSM (pers cap)publication date Wed Aug 15, 2007 15:36Report this post to the editors

Fighting the good fight and keeping the issue alive where others have failed..
Keep up the good work!
Will defo be there Saturday..

 
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