Girl, 14, allegedly given ‘abortion potion’

Gardaí are investigating a case in which a 14-year-old girl miscarried after being allegedly given an “abortion potion” by her father.

Girl, 14, allegedly given ‘abortion potion’

The girl, who is from West Africa but had been living in Dublin, miscarried at the Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry, Co Down, early last year, after apparently being driven there by her father.

One line of inquiry is that the father impregnated his daughter and then obtained a drink from a member of the West African community so that the pregnancy would terminate.

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