Ireland church: Legalising abortion licence to kill

December 19, 2012 16:54

The Irish Roman Catholic Church has strongly condemned legislation to liberalize abortion, saying that the move is 'licence the direct and intentional killing of the innocent baby'. Ireland on Tuesday moved to legalise abortions when the mother's life is at risk, including when she is suicidal following a public outcry over the death of pregnant Indian woman Savita Halappanavar, who died after her repeated requests for an abortion were refused while she was suffering a miscarriage. The Catholic hierarchy has demanded that the country's MPs are given a free vote after the Irish government announced that votes would be whipped next year in a bid to get the controversial legislation through parliament, the Telegraph reports.

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