Michelle Harte had to travel to Britain for a termination while she was dying from cancer AIDAN CRAWLEYWomen with cancer are having their medical care compromised because of the Eighth Amendment, a leading obstetrician has said. Louise Kenny treated Michelle Harte who became pregnant in 2010 while she was ill with cancer. Doctors had told Ms Harte, 40, that the pregnancy should be terminated because her health was at risk. The case was settled in July 2011 and Ms Harte, of Ardamine, Co Wexford, died that November. “We were operating under the Eighth Amendment, and it left…

Source: The Times April 08, 2018 23:03 UTC