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Wed 03 Mar 2007European court ruling in Poland abortion case could affect law hereThe European Court of Human Rights has found Poland guilty of a breach of human rights in an abortion case that could have implications for Ireland.Three Irish women have taken a case to the court that has similarities with the Polish case. The court may begin hearing the Irish case, lodged in 2005, later this year.