Responses to a crisis pregnancy

Sir — Well done to Donal Lynch (Sunday Independent, September 11) for his article on abortion. From the reaction he received from the Repeal the Eighth supporters he will understand now how pro-life people have been treated when they dare to point out the facts.

I do take issue with him when he claims that “the pro-life brigade never fully engage with the experience of the women”. It is precisely because pro-life advocates understand exactly what is involved in an abortion that they make every effort to prevent it happening, being well aware of the effects it has on the woman.

So many women are left devastated after an abortion and have the greatest difficulty in forgiving themselves, despite the fact that there is never a doubt about God’s forgiveness.

The article leaves this reader with the difficulty of understanding how Mr Lynch can acknowledge the humanity of the baby in the womb and still consider it acceptable to abort it.

He is correct in stating that “it is a fact that it is one life for another, an impossible decision”. As one opposed to the death penalty, I cannot understand how it can ever be acceptable to kill anyone, least of all the most vulnerable and defenceless of all, the baby in the womb.

Women deserve better than being persuaded that abortion is a humane response to a crisis pregnancy. Very many people are willing to provide whatever support and assistance that is required to ensure that both mother and baby are protected equally. Let us all act to choose life not death. Mary Stewart Donegal town