Niamh Uí Bhriain (née Nic Mathúna; born 1970) is an Irish Catholic policy lobbyist, anti-abortion campaigner and Eurosceptic activist.
She says that the inspiration behind the group came from a visit by American anti-abortion activist Joseph Scheidler to her parents' house during the 1983 referendum, during which he had brought with him graphic images of aborted foetuses.
She spoke at the Catholic event, Meeting for friendship among peoples, in Rimini, Italy, alongside the founder and leader of the far-right Forza Nuova party, Roberto Fiore, in August 2000.
[7] In 1997, Justine McCarthy alleged in the Sunday Independent that Uí Bhriain had received training from American anti-abortion group, Operation Rescue, in how to blow up abortion clinics.
She was quoted as saying: The Mother and Child Campaign also claimed in April 2006 that children raised by same-sex couples were more likely to develop drug problems and mental health issues.