Once more with feeling: I did not back abortion

I WISH to respond to the letter from Donal O’Driscoll headlined ‘MEP’s contradictory stance on rights’ (March 16).

Not only has he once again outdone himself with a ridiculously tenuous analogy (ie, comparing illegal detention in Guantanamo to abortion and the right to life), but he is now, in my mind, engaging in scaremongering — the same type of fear-inducement we saw from the no campaign during the Lisbon Treaty referendum.

My voting stance on abortion will always be in line with the Irish constitution. I have never voted in favour of abortion. The European Parliament report which I believe Mr O’Driscoll refers to — and which I voted in favour of — contains no reference to abortion.