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Undercover investigation of Irish family planning clinics reveals illegal abortion advice

Pregnancy counselors were banned from discussing abortions but did so

DARA KELLY,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Sunday, October 28, 2012, 8:28 AM

Updated Sunday, October 28, 2012, 8:28 AM

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An undercover investigation in Ireland has revealed that staff at some pregnancy counseling services are giving advice that could put women's lives at risk.

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The organization declined an offer to review the evidence from the probe.

"We had heard that questionable practices were going on," said

"The 1995 Abortion Information Act is very clear when it comes to the obligations of counsellors and the information they are allowed to give.

"But our investigation found that this legislation is being breached on a wide scale and that Irish women in crisis pregnancies are getting dangerous medical advice.

"This reflects a high level of contempt for their health and well-being, not to mention the law."

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Nauda2012 | Oct 29, 2012, 08:50 PM EDT

How is it that Marion Finucane did not mention this appalling revelation of putting women's health and safety at risk. Is she not interested in women's health? Maybe she is hoping the story will just die. RTE only devoted one small mention to it.The silence from the IFPA is deafening. The statement they issued is pathetic and was disproved by the undercover investigation. These clinics should be shut down immediately and their funding withdrawn. If it was a home for the elderly it would be closed down straight away.

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irishamerica46 | Oct 28, 2012, 04:13 PM EDT

Hope these "counselors" lose their jobs.What are their educational credentials? Professional medical people like RN's would hopefully not give advice to put a client at risk.At least, no one with half a brain would.

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MaxTiger | Oct 28, 2012, 01:05 PM EDT

The IFPA will investigate itself. The government health agency, the HSE, will investigate it's own involvement. It should be noted that the head of the HSE is Tony O'Brien, former head of head of the IFPA. All very unsatisfactory, especially considering that taxpayers money continues to be handed out to this pro-abortion organisation.

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Gearoid4 | Oct 28, 2012, 12:51 PM EDT

The illegal advice given by IFPA staff, is in line with what we know about the activities of Planned Parenthood branches in the US, when their employees were caught on tape dispensing unlawful advice to people posing as clients. The abortion industry is their main reason for existing and once that social evil is greatly reduced or removed, their raison d'etre would be gone. Let us hope that abortion is never allowed in through the legislative back-door in any part of Ireland(although it is permitted in specific circumstances in the north following UK law), as it is medically unnecessary and is a grave immoral act.

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