Pro-Life Irish MEP Scallon Loses Seat in European Parliament

DUBLIN, June 17, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life crusader and Member of European Parliament for Ireland, Dana Rosemary Scallon, lost her seat in Monday’s European Union elections.  However, Family and Life, a pro-life group in Ireland, report that three other pro-life candidates – Gay Mitchell, Kathy Sinnott and Marian Harkin – were elected from Ireland to the European Parliament.  Dana attributes her defeat to unexpected support for the first-ever Sinn Féin candidate, as well as to competition from fellow Independent Marion Harkin. “The size of the Sinn Fein vote was unexpected – it’s certainly been a surprise – but considering the odds I am delighted with the support I received,” she told Ireland’s Breaking News.  Dana, famous as a singer, radio and television personality in Ireland, became the MEP for the Constituency of Connacht-Ulster, Ireland, in July of 1999. She has fought tirelessly for the pro-life cause, opposing abortion legislation by the European Union on many fronts.  Read the related LifeSiteNews.com reports:  Dana Warns E.U. Parliament Set To Push Harder On Abortion And Euthanasia https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2002/jul/02071006.html   MEP Protests European Commission’s Dictatorial Attacks Against Irish Constitution https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/jul/03071709.html   Dana Rosemary Scallon’s web-site: https://www.epp-ed.org/Members/en/ShowMember.asp?PERS_ID=4389