What fools these mortals be...
Sir — Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that in our Constitution (Article 43.3.3), the unborn’s sole right is the right to life. The following day, International Women’s Day, and with unusual alacrity, the Cabinet agreed we should hold a referendum to delete that one solitary right of the unborn child from our Constitution: “The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn…”
On this decision, I can only agree with Puck (in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream): “Lord, what fools these mortals be.”
K McEvoy, Drumcondra, Dublin 9