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Wed 07 Jul 2008State faces defeat over abortion law in court of human rights
The women who claim Irish abortion law is deficient will win their case unless Ireland settles it with legislation, writes Adam McAuley.
THE EUROPEAN Court of Human Rights will judge the legality of Irish abortion law in the near future. Three Irish women are claiming that their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights were violated because of the deficiencies in Irish abortion law. This is not the first time that the court has addressed the sensitive issue of abortion.
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