The Government must think we were all born yesterday

IT is the beginning of abortion and the end of austerity — quite a week for the Government, except that neither statement is true.

Given the rancour of the Fine Gael opposition to implementing the X Case ruling, one would think we were on the cusp of a great liberalisation of Irish law that would give women the right to choose what happens to their own bodies.

In reality, once the judgement is passed into law, a woman or girl raped by her father (sadly, not an abstract example in this country), will not be able to seek a termination if the attack results in pregnancy.