True equality should begin in the womb

There is a contradiction at the heart of the Labour Party’s decision to commit to the repeal of the Eighth Amendment in their election manifesto.

This decision pre-supposes that ‘choice’ takes precedence over ‘life’. It means that whether, or not, a baby is born is random.

They may experience life and all that it offers to us - or they may just lose out in the ‘lottery for life’.