Daly abortion bill defeated.

There was a time when socialists really had a claim to defending the poor and vulnerable in society, not so any longer.
 This past week we saw the hard left wing members of the Dáil unite to sponsor and vote for a bill that would have significantly relaxed Ireland's abortion law. It was defeated by the government parties but not before some members of the Labour Party expressed their personal pro abortion position. Extraordinarily Anne Ferris TD (Labour) stood up and proclaimed that though a Catholic she favoured abortion services being available in Ireland.
Gerry Adams TD said that he did not favour abortion but wouldn't like to criminalise women who had abortions. Weasel words to be sure and I won't even make any jokes about Sinn Féin and their treatment of women.

Pro Life Campaign accuses sponsors of Dáil abortion motion of wilfully ignoring the negative effects of abortion for women

Responding to news that a number of TDs are to table a Private Members motion in the Dáil calling for legislation on abortion, Dr Ruth Cullen of the Pro Life Campaign said:
Those tabling the Dáil motion have chosen to wilfully ignore all the peer reviewed psychological evidence in the intervening years since the X Case highlighting the adverse effects of abortion for women. They also seem determined to gloss over the fact that Ireland without abortion is a safer country for pregnant women than places like England and Holland where abortion is available on demand right up to birth.
There is nothing liberal or progressive about proposing to take away the most basic right of all, namely the right to life. In fact it does a tremendous disservice to women and their unborn children to ignore the basic facts of what abortion entails for both the mother and her baby.