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PR: Witness Tour Starts in Irish Colleges
07.11.2007
The Witness Tour, featuring Kathy Sparks and Jenni Maas - Bringing the truth about abortion to over 50,000 college students
Ultrasound is Ireland’s pro-life student network, whose aim is to create awareness about abortion and related issues on college campuses across the country. Two years ago, we brought American abortion-survivor Gianna Jessen to Ireland on our 8 day Revelation Tour, throughout which we visited 6 universities around the country. This year, during the month of November, we are conducting a similar tour – The Witness Tour – which will likewise reach over 50,000 college students across 5 colleges with a pro-life message. This pro-life blitz of colleges has in the past gained the attention of thousands of students and promises to do the same this year.
New materials have been designed and printed by the Ultrasound network and are intended specifically for students. These materials include leaflets, posters, information booklets, stickers, t-Shirts and free pro-life wristbands for all the students. This year the Tour Team will be joined by two American speakers, ex-abortion worker Mrs Kathy Sparks and Mrs Jenni Maas, who was conceived through a brutal rape. Both women have truly remarkable stories to tell.
Kathy Sparks worked as an assistant in the Hope Abortion Centre in Illinios where she participated in over 300 abortions. Kathy speaks extensively about her experiences in the clinic, and how it affected the girls she, and other members of the clinic staff, treated. She reveals the hidden secrets of the abortion industry, sharing first-hand accounts of exactly what happens when a woman enters an abortion clinic. She knows how staff are trained to lie, manipulate and exploit vulnerable women and shares that after a suicide attempt, she began to look more closely at her work in the abortion clinic. Today, she runs a crisis pregnancy service in America and speaks regularly at international events.
Jenni Maas is our second tour guest. Mrs Maas was conceived through a violent rape and speaks about the right to life of those who have rapist fathers. In her testimony, Jenni elaborates on the oft-repeated statements that abortion should definitely be legal in the cases of rape and incest. Although children conceived through rape have become utterly defenceless in a society which mistakenly believes that abortion is the answer, Jenni makes us confront the reality of the ‘exception’ that would have taken her life. A keynote speaker at many events in America, Jenni is pleased to have the opportunity to share her story with Irish students.
The Witness Tour will visit 5 Irish colleges this year. They are Dublin City University, NUI Maynooth, Athlone Institute of Technology, University College Cork and University of Limerick. The tour will involve over 20 members of Ultrasound, promoting the pro-life message on campus during the day and inviting students to attend the testimonies of both Kathy Sparks and Jenni Maas in the evening. The times and venues of these talks are listed on a page accompanying this press statement.
Both Jenni and Kathy are available for a limited number of interviews. If you would like to arrange one you can do so by phone or email at the contact details below. Please respond as early as you can so as we can arrange both Jenni and Kathy’s interview schedule efficiently.
For further information contact Eoghan de Faoite on 01 8730463 or on 087 6524935
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