Limited abortion will not limit abortion in long term, just look at Britain

While Michael Clifford may praise Clare Daly’s efforts to introduce a bill allowing for abortion in the case of fatal foetal abnormalities, the reality is that Ms Daly believes in unconditional abortion. 

The bill was hardly likely to cause a crisis of conscience for her.

Anyone who believes that allowing abortion in limited cases will not lead to a liberalisation of the law would do well to check the original British law enacted almost 50 years ago.

It hardly looks like it was meant to lead to an annual abortion rate of 200,000 or so, but that is the result and the distinction between the right to life of the potential paraplegic and that of the potential Olympic athlete has become blurred to the point of non-existence.

Be careful what you wish for!

Rory O’Donovan

Rock Island

Killeens

Co Cork