--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" <babajii...@...> wrote: > > But, seriously, I presume the ban on abortion has to do with Catholicism, > which is in opposition to the Church of England... which goes back to the > rebellion against the authority of Rome, and the brought back the Divinity of > the Her Majaesty the Queen... > > Not only Catholicism. Protestantism - the religion of 2/3 of the population in Northern Ireland is of the fundamentalist type and one of the few things that all parties agree on seems to be no abortion.
On the "Catholic" side, even Sinn Fein - the political wing of the IRA - responsible for probably 3,000 or so killings over 30 years - is against abortion. Go figure.
