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The Irish Catholic <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nGreg Daly\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe one thing that doesn\u2019t abide by majority rule is a person\u2019s conscience,\u201d Alabama lawyer Atticus Finch tells his daughter in Harper Lee\u2019s 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. It\u2019s a powerful statement, and one worth bearing in mind by those who\u2019d seek to make an idol of the ballot box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also homes in on one of the key issues facing doctors, religious or otherwise, who believe that they have duties towards all human beings, born or unborn, regardless of how the 36th Amendment to the Constitution permits the State to regulate abortion by law. . .[Full text]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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