Time for people to put pressure on politicians over abortion issue

A RECENT opinion poll revealed 96% of Irish people would have voted for Barack Obama in the US election so why, if we hate Republicans so much, is the State’s attitude to abortion an identikit copy of that party’s pariah fringe?

Even those Republicans yet to be convinced by the theory of evolution were appalled by some of their candidates’ comments on abortion throughout the campaign.

Todd Akin had a double-digit lead over his Democratic opponent until he tried to defend his blanket opposition to abortion by saying “legitimate” rape victims would never need one.