Ruling in rape case condemned

The Pro-Choice Campaign has condemned the decision to take the case of a 13-year-old rape victim to the High Court.

The Pro-Choice Campaign has condemned the decision to take the case of a 13-year-old rape victim to the High Court.

In a statement last night it said: "It is obscene that the courts and parliament should be debating whether to compel this child to be a mother. If this girl had not come from a socially deprived background, she would never have become entangled in Ireland's absurd abortion laws."

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