Bishop Kevin Doran of the Diocese of Elphin on May 26, 2018, stressed in a pastoral message that: “Every human being without exception has an inherent right to life which comes from God, in whose image we are all made.”
His message came in the wake of the May 25 referendum in Ireland in which two-thirds of voters approved the repeal of the 8th amendment to the Irish Constitutions, which prohibited abortion except when necessary to save the mother’s life.
Bishop Doran, who chairs the Irish Bishop’s conference committee on bioethics, encouraged Catholics to have hope in the proclamation of the Gospel of Life. He reminded readers that in countries with liberal abortion laws, Christians continued to bear witness to the truth.
