Girl cleared to travel for abortion

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Ireland's Supreme Court on Feb 26, 1992, cleared the way for a 14-year-old girl raped by a friend's father to travel abroad to receive an abortion. The ruling reversed an earlier ban on the victim's plans to travel to England for the procedure.

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Court ruling restricts abortions

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Germany's Federal Constitutional Court struck down a law that would have reduced the regulation of abortions in western Germany. The 1992 law was designed to make abortion laws in eastern and western Germany more consistent.

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Supreme Court issues abortion ruling

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The Irish Supreme Court has allowed a 14-year-old girl to obtain an abortion in the UK. The threat to the life of the girl, who had been raped, was considered greater than the rights of the fetus.

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