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What does Fianna Fail’s Martin Daly think a life is worth?

The Joint Committee on Health discussed a Sinn Féin bill to remove the three-day waiting period for abortion, with Fianna Fáil TD and GP Martin Daly questioning the objectivity of pro-life GPs who supported keeping the wait. Daly contrasted their 'personal beliefs and philosophy' against the clinical evidence presented by other doctors who argued there is no clinical reason to keep the wait, effectively implying that the life of the unborn child is not valued in the clinical debate over abortion access.

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They said there would be no slippery slope

When issues like abortion or euthanasia are debated, opponents issue warnings about the ‘slippery slope’ and predict that the ‘floodgates will open’. By this they mean that after either one is introduced, the grounds for it will expand, and the numbers availing of it will increase. Proponents deny either of these things will happen. For […] The post They said there would be no slippery slope first appeared on The Iona Institute .

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