Irish Examiner view: Abortion clinic protests amount to intimidation

Protesters must work within the law

A protest against abortion at the gates of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. Picture Ciara Wilkinson

A number of America’s Catholic hierarchy supported that country’s last president because he, improbably, promised to realign abortion laws with their religious beliefs. 

Whether that support showed principles all too amenable to opportunity or simply grievous misjudgment only history can tell.