Pro-life TD Lucinda Creighton received letters, DVDs, and appeals from Christian and anti-abortion groups to fight any attempts to legalise abortion ahead of the Dáil vote.

IT is hard to know where to start when a gentle 18-second message about motherhood and positive choices is branded as “irresponsible”, “manipulative” and showing “a complete disregard for human life” (Irish Examiner, September 26).