Where is the defence of the unborn now?

THE comments of Caroline Spillane of the Crisis Pregnancy Agency (Irish Examiner letters, June 18) raise serious questions about the Government’s commitment to defend the right to life of the unborn.

She mentions that the CPA encourages the supply of, “above all, non-judgemental service of advice and practical support to women when a crisis pregnancy occurs”.

This “non-judgemental” position is based on the judgement that unborn children do not have a right to life. From this perspective, the woman’s decision to end the life of her unborn child has no more moral implications than the removal of an ingrowing toenail.