Readers' blog: Repeal of 8th will lead to abortions on demand
Since the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has now advised that broadcasters do not have to give 50:50 airtime to debate the Eighth Amendment, we all should keep in mind what is truly at stake. Repeal will mean giving politicians a blank cheque to make any laws they want on abortion.
This referendum is the last chance we’ll have to make our voices known. Repeal would leave unborn babies with no protection. Repeal will lead to unrestricted abortion.
Dr Ruth Cullen of the Pro-Life Campaign said Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was stating the obvious when he said that unrestricted abortion in the first three months of pregnancy would be in place quickly if repeal happened, highlighting that what is being proposed by the government is abortion on demand and nothing else.
We need to be aware this is not restrictive abortion or a little bit of abortion, though it may be dressed up as such as the campaign progresses, while the repeal side tries to sanitise the effects and impact of abortion.
Killarney
Kerry
