Bell’s solicitor, Paul Conrathe, is a lawyer with a long history of taking anti-abortion cases. In 2001 Conrathe, working with the single-issue anti-abortion party Pro-Life Alliance, sought an injunction on behalf of Stephen Hone to force his ex-girlfriend to continue an unwanted pregnancy. That this is the man successfully arguing for the legal review of a different kind of bodily autonomy should give us pause for thought.
