Archbishop: Give more to single parents to help discourage abortions

Church ‘must be respectful’ and ‘treated with respect’ during referendum

The state should spend more on single parents to help them avoid having abortions, according to the Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin.

The Catholic Church is strongly opposed to the forthcoming abortion referendum, which is set to ask voters if they want to permit abortions up to the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.In an interview with The Sunday Business Post, Martin suggested that more state funding should be provided for single parents as ...