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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 03:06 PM Jan 2019

Woman is refused a termination by Irish hospital just weeks after abortion was legalised, despite

the foetus showing a fatal abnormality

A woman in Ireland was denied an abortion despite the country recently passing legislation to make it legal.

The woman now plans to travel to England, a well trodden path for Irish woman, to get an abortion to terminate the fetus after it was found to be showing a 'fatal abnormality'.

The Coombe hospital, a leading maternity facility in Dublin, reportedly refused to terminate the pregnancy because it did not 'fall neatly' into a fatal foetal abnormality diagnosis.
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In a statement, National Women's Council of Ireland director Orla O'Connor said it is essential that 'complete clarity' is brought to the case, saying what happened 'has the potential [to cause] widespread anxiety for women in Ireland'.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6607759/Woman-refused-termination-Irish-hospital-despite-historic-abortion-vote.html

This poor woman. It just shows for every step forward there is always 2 steps back in women's rights
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Woman is refused a termination by Irish hospital just weeks after abortion was legalised, despite (Original Post) Soph0571 Jan 2019 OP
The so-called right to life people will try to prevent ANY legal abortion from happening. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2019 #1

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,097 posts)
1. The so-called right to life people will try to prevent ANY legal abortion from happening.
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 03:11 PM
Jan 2019

This is outrageous!

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