The first paragraph of the leaked draft of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade states:
Abortion presents a profound moral issue on which Americans hold sharply-conflicting views.
Replace America with Ireland, and the same has been the case for over 40 years, until recently. As of the past few years, the issue of abortion is assumed in public discourse to be settled. It is treated as such by the government and by the majority in the media.
The new narrative is merely about the details and how to enhance the extent and favour granted to abortion. The "controversy" around the National Maternity Hospital (the nuns who ran it for decades were forced out in 2017) is essentially about abortion – available everywhere to everyone at all times and no one shall be seen to dissent.
