Fatal abnormality case puts abortion back in spotlight

Abortion is expected to be back in the spotlight in the coming months, when the Un will hear a case on behalf of women carrying babies with no chance of survival outside the womb.

The international organisation Center for Reproductive Rights, which has taken successful cases against the US Government, is preparing a case, arguing Ireland’s abortion regime is in violation of women’s human rights.

It will argue that forcing a woman to carry an unviable pregnancy or to travel to terminate a pregnancy with no chance of survival outside of the womb is in breach of the right to be free from cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.