She only found out on April 23rd, when she was 16 weeks, that there was a problem.
The sticking point is not that she can't terminate but that she's in the care of the HSE. If she were suicidal, there would be no problem as that issue has already been dealt with. The court action was taken by Miss D as a pre-emptive strike against the HSE.
It seems now that an over-zealous social worker was the one who told her in the first place that she couldn't go. The HSE have admitted they have no power to prevent her from going to the UK (which actually worries me because does that mean they have no power to prevent a different teenager who just wants to go for a pleasure trip?).
Once a child is 17 I think they're allowed to do more or less whatever they like without parent/guardian consent. For example, I don't think they can ordinarily be forced to move back into the family home.
As I understand it she's (that is, any random 17yo) entitled to their protection from her negligent or abusive parent. A parent would find it very hard to legally prevent a 17yo from travelling abroad, though they could easily enough withhold assistance eg signing ID forms etc.
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The sticking point is not that she can't terminate but that she's in the care of the HSE. If she were suicidal, there would be no problem as that issue has already been dealt with. The court action was taken by Miss D as a pre-emptive strike against the HSE.
It seems now that an over-zealous social worker was the one who told her in the first place that she couldn't go. The HSE have admitted they have no power to prevent her from going to the UK (which actually worries me because does that mean they have no power to prevent a different teenager who just wants to go for a pleasure trip?).
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Of course, it's a long time since I left home.