Irish abortion law in human rights court

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Irish abortion law in human rights court

Angelique Chrisafis, Ireland correspondent
Thursday August 11, 2005
The Guardian

Three Irish women who travelled to the UK for abortions are taking Ireland to the European court of human rights for preventing them from terminating their pregnancies in their own country.

The women claim "the exceptionally restrictive nature of Irish law on abortion jeopardised their heath and their well-being".

Ireland - which has been torn apart by a series of abortion referendums over the past 20 years - has the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe.


Last year more than 6,000 Irish women had abortions in England and hundreds more went to countries such as France, Spain and the Netherlands. The Irish Family Planning Association, which is funding the case, denounced Ireland's "hypocrisy in exiling women in crisis pregnancy".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1546751,00.html