Irish teen wins abortion battle

[wakeme2008]

Source: BBC

Irish teen wins abortion battle
An Irish teenager has won a High Court battle in Dublin to be allowed to visit Britain for an abortion.

The 17-year old was told by doctors her four-month foetus would not live more than a few days beyond its birth.

She is in the care of the Irish Republic's health service, which had issued an order stopping her from going to Britain.

Abortion is illegal in the Republic except when the mother is threatened by a medical condition or a suicide risk.

Thousands of Irish women get around the ban by privately travelling to the UK, where abortion was legalised in 1967, to undergo terminations.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6639673.stm

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Excellent. A 17 year old doesn't need more trauma.

Edited to correct

[donsu]

2. agree

nt

[Solly Mack]

3. Good for her! How many more don't "win"?

[happygoluckytoyou]

4. RIGHT TO CHOOSE.... one country at a time

GOP young ladies don't get abortions, they go on vacations to Europe and return "without that inconvenience."

Though I have difficulties with the concept of an abortion, I believe it is the choice of the closest individual to the situation-- the mother, to make that decision. It is too bad that so many middle-class working folks have latched that concept to their vote.

GO IRISH!!!

[Henny Penny]

6. We still have a long way to go...

but slowly and surely the fundies' grip is weakening.

[uppityperson]

5. That's too bad this is an issue, glad the Court ruled in her favor.

Good for the Court.

[HockeyMom]

7. We give our pets more compassion and respect

I simply cannot understand how anyone could force this on this poor girl and her even more unfortunate baby.

Life at ALL costs, my ass. They are nothing more than SELFISH B----ds, who don't give a crap about this girl OR her child.

[rocktivity]

8. CUE THE VONAGE THEME!

And mind your own business!

:headbang:
rocknation

[demigoddess]

9. Listening to a program about the history of roe v wade, it occured to me that

the republicans will never actually outlaw abortion, they will just 'control' it to the point that only rich women will be able to get one. Poor women and those with insurance will be denied but the rich will be able to fund their own and get it whenever they like, just like they have always done.
Must keep up the surplus population so we have low wage slaves in the future.

[electron_blue]

10. yup!

I totally agree.