This letter by Samuel Morrison on the concealing of the truth by our public health authorities, about abortion numbers, appears on the website of the ‘Belfast Newsletter’ and is worthy of note.
For this reason I am sending out this copy of it.
Sincerely in Christ’s name,
Ivan Foster
Sammy Morrison: Scandalous health statistics conceal real scale of abortion in Northern Ireland
The Department statement saying there were 53 abortions in Health and Social Care hospitals in Northern Ireland in 2021/22 is seriously misleading. From March 2020 until September last year 4,136 abortions were performed in the province
William Wilberforce, the famous 18th century abolitionist, once famously warned the British public: ‘You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.’
He did that after a highly successful campaign to highlight the evils of the slave trade. Characters such as Olaudah Equiano, an ex-slave, toured the British Isles in order to bring the reality of its evils home to people.
In 1791 Equiano visited Belfast to promote his autobiography and build opposition to the slave trade here.
Personal stories such as Equiano’s were an important aspect of the campaign against slavery but so were statistics.
The infamous drawing illustrating how slaves were packed onto ships is one famous example of how the abolitions used data as well as personal stories to fight their cause.
One cannot appreciate the scale of anything without statistic.
That is why the current practice of the Department of Health to release figures on abortion which hide the true scale of the issue is so scandalous. (more…)


