Ms Y

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Ms Y is a woman who unsuccessfully sought to have an abortion in Ireland.[1][2] Her baby was delivered via caesarian section, but there is ongoing controversy over whether the government handled the case appropriately.[3][4]

Case details

On 28 March 2014 a foreign national, with limited English[5][6] arrived in Ireland.[7] She claimed to have been raped in her home country. She discovered she was pregnant on 4 April, when she arrived in Ireland, and she sought an abortion.[8]

On 1 July 2014, she attempted to travel to the UK via ferry, but was arrested upon arrival for illegally entering the UK.[7][9] She said that she felt suicidal, and the two psychiatrists on the panel decreed that she indeed was suicidal. She then went on hunger strike. The HSE obtained a High Court order to hydrate her.[5] The baby was delivered via caesarian section at 25 weeks gestation[3] over the weekend of 2/3 August 2014[10]

This was the first case under Ireland's recently enacted law, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013.[5]

Reaction

Investigation

The case is being investigated by the HSE.[11][12] A draft version was leaked to the media in September 2014, before Ms Y had been interviewed.

Protests

  • 2,000 people protested for more abortion access in Dublin on 20 August 2014.[13]
  • Similar protests took place in Galway, Belfast, Cork and Limerick, and outside Irish embassies in London and Berlin.[4]
  • 800 pro-choice protestors marched in Dublin on 23 August 2014.[14]
  • 400 people attended a pro-life vigil in Dublin on 23 August 2014[15]

International media coverage

As well as Irish national media attention (in The Irish Times,[8] the Irish Independent,[16] and the Irish Examiner[17]), the case is being covered by international media, such as Al Jazeera's The Stream,[18] The Guardian[3] and The Sunday Times,[5] The New York Times[19]

Court case

By September 2015, she had been granted refugee status and has begun to sue 11 organisations.[10]

In March 2016, she initiated a court case against the Irish State for "alleged trespass, assault and battery; alleged negligence; and alleged reckless and intentional infliction of emotional harm and suffering."[20][21]

See also

References

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