Ireland’s abortion vote

John Benton  |  Comment
Date posted:  1 Jul 2018
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Ireland’s abortion vote

Crowds celebrated the ‘Yes’ vote on 25 May for abortion to become legal in Ireland.

I, like many others, was overcome with huge sadness at the prospective killing of new lives. I’m not sure that these days, as a man, I am even allowed to have an opinion on the issue, but I know that God is a God of life, not death. In England, we have had legal abortion for over 50 years, yet the fact that, statistically, the most unsafe place for a baby is its mother’s womb, I find horrific.

Identity and life

Women in many situations of pregnancy rightly command our sympathy. Secular society proposes abortion as the only viable option. But, of course, it is not.

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