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Clinicaly dead pregnant woman on life support

brevity · 2014-12-17 23:26:33

http://m.rte.ie/news/2014/1217/667564-womanhospital/ It is understood that some family members have asked for her life support machine to be switched off. Doctors are seeking legal advice regarding the Constitutional position in relation to the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act. The woman is around 16 weeks pregnant…

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#1302 28-12-2014 2:13pm

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JRant wrote: »

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Was she not granted the right to travel?

Who, X?

The Supreme Court decided that X had the right to an abortion (whether in Ireland or elsewhere) and she had the right to travel.

In Miss Y's case, no application to travel abroad was ever made, in what seems to have been an almighty cock-up by the IFPA.

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#1303 28-12-2014 2:18pm

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Since this case is now concluded, and the thread descended into an abortion debate, I think we'll leave it here.

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