Rotunda Maternity Hospital

Irish High Court Rules In What They Believe is Best Interest for Dead Mother and Unborn Fetus

Medicine & Technology Dec 27, 2014

After nearly a month of debates and testimonies arguing the legal rights of an unborn fetus, a three-judge panel of the Irish High Court ruled on Friday Dec. 26 that in the case of a pregnant mother being declared clinically dead, that doctors may choose to turn off life support, and in-effect terminate the pregnancy, if the fetus has little chance of survival.

Rotunda Maternity Hospital

Irish High Court Rules In What They Believe is Best Interest for Dead Mother and Unborn Fetus

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