Follow Supreme Court on abortion

IT is welcome news indeed that a draft opinion suggests the US Supreme Court may be on the verge of overturning the Roe v Wade abortion law (“Biden slams Supreme Court’s draft ruling to overturn right to abortion”, The Herald, May 4).

An overhaul of the abortion law, both here and in the United States, is long overdue. The rhetoric of “my body, my choice” is tired, outdated and scientifically inaccurate. Every abortion kills a human being and such a barbaric procedure has no place in today’s so-called civilised society.

Perhaps now, the abortion debate can focus on the humanity of the unborn. It is well known that biological human life begins at the moment of conception; that by 10 weeks, when most abortions take place, the child in the womb has their very own heartbeat, arms and legs, fingers and toes, all of their bodily organs, eyes, a nose, ears and even a smile.

The sooner we turn away from the empty slogans and rhetoric of the pro-abortion lobby the better. In reality, abortion is not healthcare. It doesn’t make a baby healthier and it doesn’t make a woman healthier. It just kills. Our society should offer compassion, love, and advocacy to women and their unborn children – not encourage abortion. Let’s hope that what is happening in the

United States will soon follow here. Scotland doesn’t need more abortion – we need a proper national debate about how to humanely support women with unexpected pregnancies.

Martin Conroy, Cockburnspath, Berwickshire.