SPENCER HOTEL CANCELLED, DUE TO PRESSURE FROM REPEALERS
COPIED AND PASTED from a friend's FB message: (sorry I can't get the highlighting off, it's annoying I know)
Please try and attend one of these talks and show your support for these inspirational women. These brave women will now speak at the Spencer Hotel, Excise Walk, IFSC, Dublin 1 on THURSDAY, Sept 28th at 8pm. The Gibson Hotel cancelled because of protest threats from pro-aborts who want to silence rape survivors because these women are calling for a BETTER answer than abortion.
The Cork meeting remains at the Silver Spring Hotel at 4pm Sunday. These women know at first hand the trauma of becoming pregnant from rape, and the stigma attached to children who are conceived in this way. They say that women like them they are too-often silenced by the stigma and shame they feel, and that only the rapist, who is a criminal, should feel this stigma.
Shauna Prewitt was in her senior year in college when she was raped. Nine months later, she gave birth to a baby girl. “We live in a culture where children who are conceived in rape are still spoken of in terms of an animal's child, a monster's child. She is not a monster’s child, she is my child. She's wiped away my tears when she didn't understand why I was crying and has just been with me through the darkness," she says.
Jennifer Christie was on a business trip when she was attacked by a serial rapist. She says that the pain was immense – and that the lack of understanding as to how to best help her through the trauma was devastating. “My child had nothing to do with the attack on my body or the scars on my soul. He had everything to do with my healing -- giving me a reason to hope. I did not save my son. He saved me. I am not raising a ‘rapist's baby'. I am raising my baby,” she says.
Rebecca Kiessling was conceived in rape. She explains: “I was conceived in rape ... I am no less of a human being, worthy of love, and deserving a right to life. She says that society’s misconceptions and lack of understanding forces women and their children to feel stigma and shame. “The only person who should feel shame is the rapist,” she says. “My mother was innocent, as was I. The rapist is the criminal who should be punished.”
These women will speak as guest of Unbroken Ireland at the “Ending the Silence: women impacted by pregnancy from rape speak out” meetings in Dublin and Cork as follows:
DUBLIN: The Spencer Hotel, IFSC Village, Dublin 1. Thursday, 28th September, 8pm.
CORK: Silver Springs Hotel, Tivoli, Cork City, Sunday, October 1st, 4pm.
