Lots has been written over the past few months on the rights of women to have abortions both here in the Six Counties and in the Republic of Ireland and it seems to me that the crux of the issue is whether or not an unborn baby has any rights at all compared with the expectant mother.
Danny Treacy (March 26) seems to believe that he has a better understanding of Christianity than Christians themselves and therefore he can lecture them about their religion’s teaching on abortion
Jim Gibney (March 19) highlights Mrs McAleese’s comments about the Church on international women’s day and makes use of that as a platform to discuss the role of women in Irish politics.
I promised myself I wouldn’t do it. In taking a stance against Brexit I mistakenly thought I could avoid the cesspit that is often politics here, but alas, it is proving impossible.
The way things are going with Brexit and its political uncertainty, will ensure a hard border is a certainty – despite the dogma that there will be “no borders of the past”.