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See here - few rantish posts from both sides of the debate and a bizarre tangent into republican politics, but mostly pretty decent stuff.
The upshot of this is that the High Court has decided that the State can no longer protect a minor in its care in that a minor may now leave the jurisdiction at will.Please note: I am not interested in the abortion debate just the legalities of the case.
I agree that this is very disturbing and needs clarification. Perhaps we need to legislate to clarify the position since our last abortion referendum, after all it's only been 5 years!The upshot of this is that the High Court has decided that the State can no longer protect a minor in its care in that a minor may now leave the jurisdiction at will.
I'm sorry but I fail to see what the problem is here, a minor "with parental consent" was allowed to travel for an abortion.
The HSE although the child was in it's care, was not the childs guardian.
I know we are shoving the whole abortion thing under the carpet but the HSE, if they are not legal guardians do not have any say in this matter over a minor or an adult.
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