The Republic of Ireland, aka Éire, has a clause in its constitution that is supposed to prohibit abortion but the law is unclear and in the past the state has allowed some minors in their care to go abroad for the operation. Now the constitutional clause is being challenged in the courts by a pregnant 17 year old who is in the care of the state. The Irish Health and Safety Executive is trying to prevent her from travelling to the UK. The teenager, 14 weeks pregnant, had expressed no desire to have a termination until she was told that the foetus was suffering from anencephaly, a condition in which a large portion of the brain, skull and scalp are missing. The child would live no longer than three days if the young woman carried to term and delivered the child alive.
I am sure that those who preach of the "sanctity of all live" will insist that the girl not be allowed to go abroad for the abortion and that the child must be born even though it will never be aware that it was "alive" and will probably suffer greatly until its death. The sanctity of the life of the young woman cannot be considered of course. Her suffering and mental anguish most not be considered because after all her womb is only a means to an end and we all know that the ends justify the means.
I am sure that those who preach of the "sanctity of all live" will insist that the girl not be allowed to go abroad for the abortion and that the child must be born even though it will never be aware that it was "alive" and will probably suffer greatly until its death. The sanctity of the life of the young woman cannot be considered of course. Her suffering and mental anguish most not be considered because after all her womb is only a means to an end and we all know that the ends justify the means.
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