Migrant rape victim denied abortion in Ireland: paper

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Migrant rape victim denied abortion in Ireland: paper

By Karrie Kehoe and Katrina Quick LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A migrant who said she was raped in her homeland before traveling to Ireland gave birth by Caesarean section when she was 24 weeks pregnant after Irish doctors rejected her request for an abortion on the grounds of suicidal thoughts, The Irish Times reported on Tuesday. Several weeks later, she was told she could travel to England for an abortion, but she could not afford the cost, estimated at a total of more than 1,500 euros, she said. “I said to her, ‘I could die because of this pregnancy. A family friend told her to go to a doctor and tell him she was suicidal because of the pregnancy.

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