LONDON (Reuters) - Ireland's High Court ruled on Friday that a life support machine keeping a brain-dead woman alive could be switched off because her unborn foetus had no chance of survival, a decision likely to upset anti-abortion campaigners.
While the unusual case is unlikely to set a precedent, it has revived debate in the predominantly Catholic country about its abortion ban.
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