Cardinal snubs Kenny over abortion legislation

Boston’s cardinal is to boycott a Jesuit college’s graduation where an Taoiseach Enda Kenny is the commencement speaker, over his support for abortion laws.

Cardinal snubs Kenny over abortion legislation

Boston’s cardinal is to boycott a Jesuit college’s graduation where an Taoiseach Enda Kenny is the commencement speaker, over his support for abortion laws.

The bill allows abortion if a doctor authorises it to save a woman’s life, but opponents say it would lead to widespread abortion by also permitting it if a woman threatened suicide.

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