Sinéad Redmond · @sineadredmond
29th Jun 2012 from Twitlonger
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To the members of the 24th Seanad,
I'm getting in touch about the Youth Defence billboard campaign currently underway; as I know it's been raised in the Seanad this week, I'm sure you're familiar with it. As a recap, there are two posters being run, one with a photo of a young woman, and one with a photo of a foetus at 18+ weeks, both with the caption "Abortion tears her life apart". I consider this, in both instances, constitutes false advertising and misrepresentation of abortion in the vast majority of cases; 89% of abortions take place before 13 weeks (at embryo, not foetus stage http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsStatistics/DH_075697) and 95% of Irish women who have had an abortion consider that the outcome was the right thing to do (http://www.crisispregnancy.ie/pub/cou.pdf).
Essentially I feel that in such gross misrepresentations of the norm of abortion for Irish women Youth Defence is engaging in deeply misleading advertising. The ASAI, however, are saying it is outside their remit, as are Comreg and the National Consumers' Association. This leaves me and many others with no right of redress or complaint on this campaign, a situation that surely cannot be allowed to continue. I ask you to look into this with immediate effect.
Thanks and regards,
Sinéad Redmond