As Catholic influence in Ireland wanes, some hope abortion will be legalized

Bronagh Matthews, an office manager in her 30s, lives on the rural edge of North County Dublin. She attended an all-girls Catholic high school and a Catholic college and still identifies as Roman Catholic.

But Matthews fancies herself the “hatching, matching and dispatching” variety, offering a whimsical summary of her current Mass attendance, which primarily involves baptisms, marriages and funerals. She also favors abortion rights “not because I agree with it, but because I think it should come down to the individual choice of the woman,” and feels Ireland could do with less interference from the Roman Catholic Church. She’s not alone....
http://religionnews.com/2017/05/16/as-catholic-influence-in-ireland-wanes-some-hope-abortion-will-be-legalized/