Cardinal's comparison of Nazi eugenics with abortion angers British Jews

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor has likened Britain's policy on abortion to Nazi Germany's eugenics experiments and killings. The "Independent" newspaper has reported that the Catholic leader in Britain also defended his recent intervention in the country's political debate ahead of the forthcoming general election. He stopped just short of recommending a vote for the Conservatives, who favor a more restrictive policy on abortion. A majority of the British people agreed with his views and were uneasy with the law on abortion, the Cardinal said. In an article in the "Sunday Telegraph", Murphy-O'Connor said that abortion meant "the terrible truth is that it is the strong who decide the fate of the weak; human beings therefore become instruments in the hands of other human beings. That way lies eugenics, and we know from German history where that leads." Jewish groups were angered by the Cardinal's attempts to link the abortion issue with the Holocaust.