€1.8m payment for mother who didn't get abortion after incorrect test result

Woman's child was born with debilitating genetic condition and needs 24-hour care

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Tim Healy

A mother who is a carrier of a rare genetic condition - and who claimed she was deprived of her right to travel for an abortion - has settled the first ever wrongful birth case here for an interim payment of €1.8m.

The woman's child was born with the same disabling condition after a test on the foetus for that condition came back with a normal result.