Michael Champion

The Day Before the Irish Referendum

 

Women’s rights.  Women’s rights,
Babies’ rights.  Babies\' rights
Get your rosaries off our ovaries.
Save the 8th
Repeal the 8th
Chanting in the streets.
 
I don’t know when the pro- life people
Realised that they would have to
Concede defeat
And that their campaigning had failed
As the dawn broke on 26th May
A victory for pro- choice was hailed.
 
Where does that leave us now?
Soon the unborn will be seen
As disposable:
Just go to the nearest abortion provider
Maybe a degree of conscience will linger
I guess that will fade
(Though for some it will remain)
And a lady may end the life
She no-longer wants growing inside her.
 
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