Irish Woman With a Heart Condition and One Lung Refused Abortion Because Life Deemed Not at Risk

Irish Woman With a Heart Condition and One Lung Refused Abortion Because Life Deemed Not at Risk
By Tom Porter
On 4/29/18

An Irish woman who said her pregnancy could kill her due to existing health conditions was denied a termination after doctors determined her life was not at risk.

Claire Malone, 30, from Co Wexford, has pulmonary atresia, a congenital heart condition, as well as pulmonary hypertension. In 2014 she had a lung removed. All conditions carry significant risk during pregnancy.

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Ireland – Heart failure patient unable to get abortion as life ‘not at immediate risk’

Heart failure patient unable to get abortion as life ‘not at immediate risk’
Woman with one lung and congenital cardiac condition unable to obtain termination

April 26, 2018
Kitty Holland

A Co Wexford woman who believed her pregnancy could kill her due to her existing health conditions was unable to have a termination after doctors judged her life was not at immediate risk.

Claire Malone (30), a widowed mother of two young children, became unexpectedly pregnant last summer.

Continued: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/abortion-referendum/heart-failure-patient-unable-to-get-abortion-as-life-not-at-immediate-risk-1.3475728