Madam, - Seamus McKenna (December 27th ) posits an ethics of compassion that includes abortion, as long as such be, among other things, "safe"! As one engaged in philosophical ethics I hope that, on Mr McKenna's understanding, the Irish people continue to lack this destructive kind of "compassion" - a kind of compassion which is anything but "safe" for the unborn. - Yours, etc,
KEVIN E O'REILLY, Milltown Institute, Dublin 6.