Agency rejects claims it uses anti-abortion scare tactics

A CRISIS pregnancy agency that shows clients images of the Virgin Mary mourning a dead foetus and describes abortionists as “alcoholics” has rejected accusations that it uses scare tactics to stop women having abortions.

Staff at Ask Majella, a Limerick-based agency, told an undercover reporter who was posing as a client, that opting for abortion could leave a number of psychological and physical scars including:

- Dreams of stabbing babies.