Abortion and the worst of all sins: indifference

I AGREE with Rory O’Donovan (Letters, May 16) that the cruelty involved in bloodsports is more likely to raise protest in certain political circles than the cruelty of abortion.

This is not a uniquely Irish phenomenon. Britain, which is often described as a nation of animal lovers, permits abortion up until birth.

Since 2004 the EU has been supporting the use of stem cells from human embryos that are destroyed in the process as an alternative to animal testing.