(Irish Times) Ireland’s Four Archbishops say abortion proposal ‘of utmost concern’

Posted by Kendall Harmon

The Government's announcement that a combination of legislation and regulations will be introduced to comply with the European Court of Human Rights ruling in the A, B and C case should be "of the utmost concern to all", the four Catholic Archbishops of Ireland have said.

Minister for Health James Reilly presented a memorandum to this morning’s Cabinet meeting. The decision was taken to follow this route – the fourth option from the expert group on abortion - rather than proposing guidelines, an option favoured by anti-abortion campaign groups.

Responding tonight to the announcement, the Archbishops said the proposal would "pave the way for the direct and intentional killing of unborn children. This can never be morally justified in any circumstances".

Read it all.

Filed under: * Culture-WatchHealth & MedicineLaw & Legal IssuesLife EthicsReligion & CultureScience & Technology* International News & CommentaryEngland / UK--Ireland* Religion News & CommentaryOther ChurchesRoman Catholic

1 Comments
Posted December 18, 2012 at 3:42 pm [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. MichaelA wrote:

So that’s the Roman Catholic Archbishops speaking out. 

Where are the other church leaders?

December 18, 7:34 pm | [comment link]
Registered members must log in to comment.




Next entry (above): (AP) Plans to rebuild Haiti’s cathedral begin to form

Previous entry (below): Christmas cheer for cathedrals: Nearly 1m pounds offered in funding – but additional help needed

Return to blog homepage

Return to Mobile view (headlines)