Abortion vote

Ireland has made its choice and voted to reject the fundamental right to life of the youngest and most vulnerable human beings. When a society decides to allow the killing of its children for the conven- of adults, it loses its very heart and soul. Ireland was once a world leader in recognising the fundamental right to life of the preborn child and a country with one of the lowest maternal mortality rates. All of this will change now.

In the years to come, when abortion statistics are released for Ireland and we see that thousands of preborn children have been needlessly killed, will those who voted Yes hold their heads high and proudly say: “I helped to make this happen”?

This may sound like scaremongering but it’s not. Ireland is just the latest nation to embrace the culture of death.

As the save the 8 th campaign said in its statement: “What Irish voters did… is a tragedy of historic proportions. However, a wrong does not become right simply because a majority support it.”

Human life must be respected and protected from the moment of conception.

MARTIN CONROY Cockburnspath, Berwickshire The raucous yawping from the winning side in the Irish abortion referendum was crass and hysterical, as if the voters were celebrating a lottery win or the destruction of the Berlin Wall: whether one is pro or anti-abortion, the result of the vote should have been greeted with the quiet dignity appropriate to such an emotive and difficult subject, possibly even with a silent prayer for everyone involved, if one is given to prayer.

The screams of delight were truly tasteless.

STEVE HAYES Aithernie Court, Leven