Catholic Church urges Irish to oppose abortion law
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | December 25, 2012 9:52
The head of Ireland’s Catholic Church urged followers in his Christmas Day message to lobby against government plans to legalize abortion.
Ireland, the only EU member state that currently outlaws the procedure, is preparing legislation that would allow limited access to abortion after the European Court of Human Rights criticized the current regime.
The death last month of an Indian woman who was denied an abortion of her dying foetus and later died of blood poisoning has intensified thedebate around abortion, which remains a hugely divisive subject in the predominantly Catholic country.
“I hope that everyone who believes that the right to life is fundamental will make their voice heard in a reasonable, but forthright, way to their representatives,” Cardinal Sean Brady said in a Christmas message on Tuesday.
“No government has the right to remove that right from an innocent person.”
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