Sisters deserve gratitude, not the constant ridicule

Sisters deserve gratitude, not the constant ridicule Young activists join a demonstration against the Catholic Church's control of the new national maternity hospital Dec. 8 in Dublin. (CNS photo/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters)

Editor’s Comment At lunchtime on Tuesday a lengthy 1,019-word statement from the Department for Health landed in my email inbox. It hailed May 17 as a “significant day for women’s health” in Ireland and announced that the Government that morning approved “the legal framework that will underpin the ownership and governance arrangements for the new…

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