Sign Dublin Declaration

Dec 7, 2012 Dear ProLlfe Colleague, We have detailed for you the Irish situation (in two letters, Nov 20 and Nov 30 at https://www.aaplog.org/get-involved/letters-to-members/ Briefly, a maternal mortality occurred in a 17 wk sepsis case . The liberal press, pro-abort forces, and the EU are using the case as a shill to try to force liberalization of Ireland’s abortion restrictions. (N.B., Ireland has among the lowest maternal mortality rates in the world—far lower that that of the USA). Irish law already allows for termination of a live pregnancy when essential to saving the life of the mother. The Dublin Declaration further clarifies this, and is the very same as the AAPLOG position (in slightly different wording: https://www.aaplog.org/position-and-papers/abortion-to-save-the-life-of-the-mother/). THE IRISH NEED YOU TO SUPPORT THEM BY SIGNING THE DUBLIN DECLARATION, NOW! WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO DO THIS WITHOUT DELAY! (any medical professional may sign. (any medical professional may sign, from any religious affiliation–this is not just a “Catholic” issue, it is a general medical issue.) Please take 3 minutes now and go to the following website, read and sign the Dublin Declaration: www.dublindeclaration.com. NOTE: CLICK ON ‘SIGN UP’ ON THE TOP MENU BAR, NOT ON THE GRAY “SIGN UP” AREA AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. Enter the requested information. Copy the “input code” in the indicated box. SEND. You have finished. The point of this declaration is to make clear that there is a vast difference between 1) separating the mother and fetus for purposes of saving the life of the mother, and 2) intentional destruction of the life of the fetus for the purpose of producing a dead fetus. It is essential that we as medical professionals communicate NOW that previable delivery to save the life of the mother is not the same as direct abortion, even if the preterm fetus cannot survive the process. And direct abortion ( a procedure performed with the primary intent to produce a dead fetus) is never medically indicated. Please sign the Dublin declaration now. It is critically important at this moment in history. Donna Harrison AAPLOG Director of Research and Pubic Policy