Thursday 16 December 2010

Ireland's Abortion Ruling Due Today

You'd think that Ireland has suffered enough already however at just over a year since the hearing, the European Court of Human Rights will today give its judgment on Ireland's abortion laws:
The European Court of Human Rights is due to rule on whether the Irish Republic's anti-abortion laws violate women's human rights.

The case was brought to the Strasbourg-based court by three Irish women who say their health was put at risk by having to travel abroad for abortions.

The ruling could have all sorts of significant implications and the gravity of the decision is reflected by the decision of the court to issue its ruling at a public sitting rather than by a written statement.

We will know shorty whether Ireland will face another attack on its sovereignty.

2 comments:

  1. "The case was brought to the Strasbourg-based court by three Irish women who say their health was put at risk by having to travel abroad for abortions."

    So, are they saying that they never travel abroad on holiday? Or is it that no other country has a robust healthcare system? It would be fairly safe to suggest that they came to the UK, where of course we can all receive top-class care from the NHS and . . . (Oh, nuts).

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  2. @stanfordrivers, if I were to say that there was compensation involved...?

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