Men are not the ones who will be left holding the baby

You might not like the idea of abortion. You might never like it. No one is ever going to force you to terminate your pregnancy.

I was lucky enough to see Tara Flynn’s one-woman show, Not a Funny Word, in the Abbey Theatre this week. It was a ferocious, brave performance and while at times it was hilariously funny, the scene in which Tara talked about her abortion was far from humourous.

Abortion, you see, is not a funny word. As she described sitting in the waiting room at a clinic in Holland, surrounded by couples, my heart broke for her.