Madam, – In Anthea McTiernan's review of Ireland's Hidden Diasporaby Anne Rossiter (Opinion, May 7th) she lauds the Irish Women's Abortion Support Group who supported women going to Britain for abortions.
I look forward to the day when a book will be written detailing the tremendous work done by so many women who offered those with crisis pregnancies every assistance in giving birth to their babies and including the grateful testimonies of those same women who either kept their babies or unselfishly handed them for adoption to those who could not themselves conceive.
Why is it less interesting to acclaim those who gave life-giving assistance over those who saw nothing wrong with the killing of the baby?
It is so sad in these so-called enlightened and compassionate times that the push is on to make it more and more acceptable to deny life rather than support it.
Life is precious and, while it is heartening to read of so many cases where life is saved in very difficult circumstances, it is heartbreaking to read of the innocent lives of babies being destroyed – over 50 million worldwide through abortion each year.
By even the most basic of standards surely that cannot be justified. – Yours, etc,