by BDrumm | Feb 19, 2018 | News
If the Eighth Amendment is repealed the right to life for unborn children in Ireland will be without legal constitutional protection. This would radically change the principle, for all unborn children and indeed for all of us, that the right to life is a fundamental...
by BDrumm | Feb 19, 2018 | News
The wording of the Eighth Amendment reads as follows:
“The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and...
by BDrumm | Feb 19, 2018 | Questions
If a baby dies as a result of life-saving medical treatment to save the life of a pregnant woman it is extremely sad and a tragic outcome. If the intention of the doctor is not to
directly and intentionally end the baby’s life, then this is not an...
by BDrumm | Feb 19, 2018 | Questions
If a seriously ill pregnant woman needs life-saving medical treatment which may, as a secondary effect, put the life of her baby at risk, such treatments are always ethically permissible provided every effort has been made to save the life of both mother and baby....
