The stakes have never been higher when it comes to Ireland’s abortion debate. Media outlets constantly tell us that the battle lines have been drawn between the pro-life and pro-choice camps. In some ways they’re right – a Citizens’ Assembly is currently underway to look at proposals for holding a referendum on the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, which provides for the equal right to life of mother and baby. Of course, when it comes to a life and death struggle like abortion, the battle lines are always there, whether we are aware of them or not.