What we really need is better adoption law – not abortion

IN response to your lead story headlined ‘Rights body calls for legalised abortion’ (January 28), how can Ireland be violating the right to “freedom from cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment, life and equal protection under the law” when we are one of the few countries left protecting those very rights?

We have the correct laws in place already in that if there is a real and substantial risk (including suicide) to the life of the mother, then an abortion it is legal.

I understand there are cases of rape/incest where a woman feels abortion is best for her own mental wellbeing, but these cases make up just 1% of the 46 million abortions performed worldwide each year. How can anyone have the “right” to kill their own child?