Non-Catholics against abortion (1)

I refer to Dominic Chircop's letter (Anti-abortion Petition, April 23). When Mr Chircop equates anti-abortionism with the Catholic Church, he is doing a disservice to all those anti-abortionists who are not Catholic, and, at the same time, extolling the moral stance of the Catholic Church.

The latter, however, is surely not his intention. His letter wants rather to disparage Catholics who are anti-abortionists when he equates them with "religious fundamentalists", and even brings Iran into the bargain.

I do not know why one should bring in the Catholic Church in the anti-abortion debate, and, even more, any Church-state debate.

Anti-abortionism is a moral stand, irrespective of religion. That the Catholic Church is anti-abortionist is, in this case, beside the point.

I am against abortion not because I am a Catholic, but because I hold abortion to be bad, full stop. So all this talk about the Catholic Church wanting to impose its (anti-abortion) will on anyone is plain balderdash.

The truth is that when some people talk or write letters they are not so much making a statement about somebody else; they are rather making a statement about themselves.