A Catholic bishop has claimed that abortion is more traumatic than rape for some women. Dermot Farrell, the Bishop of Ossory has criticised men who abandon their child's mother during pregnancy - saying their actions encourage a woman to seek an abortion. Bishop Farrell said: "First of all rape is a violent act and a violent crime against a woman, a terrible crime. "And sometimes, what I understand from women who have been raped, is that the abortion that followed sometimes after rape was far worse than the rape itself." Speaking on abortion last March, he said: "There is no such thing as a human life that has no value.

Source: Evening echo May 11, 2018 09:22 UTC