Women take abortion fight to Europe

THREE women living in Ireland are taking a case to the European Court of Human Rights seeking the introduction of abortion in Ireland.

The case will be taken on the grounds that their rights are being abused by the State due to the lack of abortion facilities in Ireland.

Each of the women had an abortion in the past year. Their case will form a central plank of the Irish Family Planning Association’s (IFPA) campaign, launched yesterday, which calls for the introduction of legal abortion.