Three women challenge Ireland's abortion ban in European human rights court
Thursday, December 10, 2009
DUBLIN -- Three women filed a lawsuit in a European court against Ireland's abortion ban Wednesday, claiming the government violates the human rights of pregnant women by forcing them to travel abroad for abortions and denying them appropriate medical care at home.
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