In 2017, the Committee (referring back to its decision in Mellet v Ireland), found violations of the same provisions (Articles 7 (freedom from torture, cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment), 17 (right to privacy), and 26 (equal protection of the law)) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“ICCPR”) in a similar factual situation a woman in Ireland, pregnant with a fetus diagnosed with a fatal abnormality, was unable to obtain an abortion in Ireland and had to travel to the UK to do so. In 2018, Ireland enacted the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act, which allows abortion (i) during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, (ii) when the fetus has a condition that is likely fatal, or (iii) to protect the life or health of the woman.
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