‘Meaningful life’ is a deadly theory

IT would be easy to dismiss Evelyn Cleary’s pro-abortion letter (Irish Examiner, August 31) as typically misinformed pro-choice rhetoric except that she ends with a more far-reaching point:

‘Meaningful life’ is a deadly theory
Mon, 12 Sep, 2005 - 01:00

“The question should not be who has the greater right to life, but who has the right to a meaningful life?”

To me the question demands a clear answer: “everyone.”

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