Girl challenges State for right to travel to abort

THE HSE has no legal power to direct the gardaí to restrain a person who is the subject of a care order, the High Court heard yesterday.

Girl challenges State for right to travel to abort

Counsel for the State set out the Attorney General’s position in the case of the 17-year-old who is four months pregnant with a baby who suffers from a condition where a major part of the brain is missing.

The court heard that the girl, known as Miss D, wants to go to Britain to terminate her pregnancy.

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