Harney’s unaccepatable bias on pregnancy advice

HEALTH Minister Mary Harney (July 21) voiced her support for the Crisis Pregnancy Agency’s latest advertising initiative which targets supposedly rogue crisis pregnancy counsellors.

Announcing the campaign, the minister focused exclusively on “rogue” agencies opposed to abortion.

I wholeheartedly agree that pregnancy counselling services should not engage in rogue practices or disseminate bogus information. However, Ms Harney’s decision only to target counselling groups opposed to abortion reveals an unacceptable bias.