Bishops urge no votes for candidates who supports abortion

The Bishop of Elphin says he finds it difficult to see how any Catholic could “in good conscience” vote for an election candidate or party whose policy is to legalise abortion.

Bishop Kevin Doran and Archbishop Michael Neary are the latest to issue pre-election statements based around the right to life of the unborn child.

On Sunday, the Bishop of Cork and Ross John Buckley, in relation to the term “fatal foetal abnormality”, said there was no medical evidence “whatsoever” where a doctor could predict, with certainty, the lifespan of babies before they are born.