That should have been the headline, but it isn’t: the actual headline is “Recession Might Limit Irish Women’s Access To Safe Abortion”.

All of which goes to show what a self-destructive, decadent, corrupted state Western Civilisation now finds itself in.

Economic hardship might be leading more Irish women to seek abortions and obtain the procedure illegally because they cannot afford to travel to Britain, where abortion is legal, Reuters reports. Ireland, a mainly Catholic nation, permits abortion only when a woman’s life is in jeopardy. The policy is one of the strictest in Europe, and women who violate the law can face life in prison.