The issue about "women having control over their own bodies" is about their right to decide whether an abortion on themselves is called for. This right can be easilly taken away by arbitrary decisions of men in the Congress and the Supreme Court. In other words, government control. Male govenrment control. The "right to curb firearms" on the other hand is considered by some a "bad" govenment intrusion. Many Republicans want it both ways. They're for government intrusion only as long as it supports their views.

I would imagine that in Ireland, the Catholic Church lobbies for the ban against all abortion. It lobbies in the US to do the same.

It's interesting how many anti-abortion advocates are members of the NRA. Some of them feel occasionally motivated to shoot people who don't agree with them. This, McGrath, is why it's a big issue in the States.

Frank