No Laughing Matter: Ireland AM makes light of abortion
On Tuesday, Ireland AM presenters Muireann O’Connell and Tommy Bowe joked and laughed about the abortion issue on their morning show with studio guest, comedian Katie Boyle, who talked about her abortion experience in the US and how she’s using comedy to “break the stigma” surrounding the issue.
For a media outlet that routinely covers just one side of the abortion issue and ignores the voices of women who regret their abortions, Virgin Media no doubt sees it as the next logical step to joke and laugh about the issue. Unsurprisingly, the presenters never bothered to question the historical inaccuracies spread on the programme about Saint Brigid.
Regardless of how much they try to sanitise what happens in an abortion and make it out to be no big deal, the simple truth remains that every abortion ends the life of a unique and innocent unborn baby, and carries with it unbelievable heartbreak and remorse for many women.
With over 60,000 abortions performed in Ireland since the law changed in 2019 (when the 2024 figures are also included), it’s certainly no laughing matter. Behind those numbers are devastating stories, like the woman known to many of us in the pro-life movement who underwent a late-term abortion, heard her baby cry before he died, and has been unable to return to work ever since due to the trauma.
No matter how much Virgin Media might like to pretend otherwise, this is the true, stark undeniable reality of legalised abortion. | 
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