It is often said that one should never apologise in the case of a road accident. Apologising is seen as an admittance of responsibility. If you acknowledge responsibility, you may be faced with a hefty bill for someone else’s damaged car, injured back or even psychological discomfort. I think about this in the context of some of the rhetoric I hear in relation to the current abortion referendum in Ireland. It is argued, “my body, my choice”. I worry about the consequences of this line of thought. Aren’t we as women unilaterally claiming the responsibility for this decision? Of course there are two parties to every pregnancy, in that sense women should never be alone. It is the tragic reality that in some cases, women are abandoned by the other significant party in these circumstances. There may be a million different reasons a woman chooses to procure an abortion, but the point remains that we are arguing that in every case it is solely and completely our decision, and no on...