Teenager challenges Irish abortion law

A pregnant 17-year-old in state care in Ireland has started her court battle to be allowed to travel to England for an abortion. The teenager, who is four months into the pregnancy, is seeking an abortion because the baby has got a rare brain condition, Doctors say the baby suffers from anencephaly, a condition where the front part of the brain is missing. Such children are normally blind, deaf, and unconscious. and will not live more than three days after birth, she has been told.
Identified only as Miss D, the teenager has been in the care of Ireland's health service executive (HSE), since February. The government agency has overruled her wish for an abortion in Britain. The young woman's father is absent and her mother's behaviour had led to earlier court proceedings.
Abortions in Ireland can only be performed if there is a substantial risk to the mother's life, which includes the threat of suicide. The law however does not permit abortion on grounds of foetal abnormality.
With an election looming it seems all political partys are trying to distance themselves from allienating opinion held on such an emotive issue.

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