Irish bishop fears referendum could give government ‘blank check’ on abortion
January 26, 2018
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CWN Editor's Note: Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin has warned that a national referendum on abortion could leave human life without protection. In a pastoral message, Bishop Doran—who chairs the Irish bishops’ bioethics committee—said that the proposed vote would make it impossible “to claim the right to life as a fundamental human right for anybody.” The result, he warned, could be pressure for legal euthanasia of the elderly and infirm.
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