Martin wades into abortion debate

As the Dáil committee hearings continue on the abortion bill, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has waded into the debate saying it is important that Christian believers “be, and seen to be, on the side of life, especially when life is most vulnerable”.

Archbishop Martin warned in his Pentecostal sermon that “the Christian believer is on the side of the life of the mother and that of the unborn child, life at its very beginnings and life at its end”.

He also urged doctors and nurses to ensure their “great tradition” of protecting the lives of mothers and their unborn children survives.