TDs wring their hands and use women’s bodies for political gain

If we legalise abortion, the only arbiter of when it is accessed must be the pregnant woman, writes Victoria White.

What is our problem with a woman deciding for herself? If we legalise abortion, the only arbiter of when it is accessed must be the pregnant woman. Any other kind of abortion law is disgraceful, demeaning, unenforceable, and fundamentally dishonest.

I respect any honest argument whether for or against the legalisation of abortion. But I hate the mealy-mouthed dishonesty which has Dáil deputies rallying around Mick Wallace’s call for legal abortion for pregnant women after they have been examined by two medics who have jointly certified that their babies will not live long outside the womb.