Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Today is 10 December which is the 57th anniversary of the signing of an important document at the United Nations in 1948 - the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. There probably has not been a time when we have seen such breaches of human rights across the globe. Every day we hear stories from the Middle East and the atrocities of Daesh against minorities, in particularly Christians who are killed. There are YouTube videos of the beheading of innocent people. We are aware of the situation of women, particularly young women, being taken and forced into sexual slavery by some of these terrorists. It is an appalling vista. Among those breaches is the abortion holocaust. It is very sad that the UN and organisations such as Amnesty and ICCL, which receive millions in foreign moneys, spend their energy promoting the breach of the most fundamental human right of all which is the right to life. I am specifically referring to the right to life of the unborn. I have asked before and I ask the Leader again to have a debate on this issue in this House. Yesterday, the BAI condemned the Ray D'Arcy show on RTE Radio 1, our national broadcaster. I heard the interview with Colm O'Gorman of Amnesty. The cynicism and cold blooded intent of killing unborn babies was chilling. It is not good enough for a national broadcaster. I ask people who are involved in pro-life organisations-----