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UN Rule Against Irish Abortion Laws For Second Time This Year

The UN Human Rights Committee has ruled against Ireland’s abortion laws for the second time in just over a year.

They said the treatment of a woman who was denied an abortion in 2010 was cruel, inhuman and degrading.

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Siobhán Whelan sought a termination after learning of a fatal foetal abnormality during her pregnancy.

She was denied the abortion, and traveled to the UK for an abortion.

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