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Thu 05 May 2007Court rules 'Miss D' can travel to UK for abortionThe High Court yesterday granted a 17-year-old girl carrying a foetus that would not live more than three days outside the womb the right to travel to the UK for an abortion. Mary Carolanand Carl O'Brienreport.Mr Justice Liam McKechnie said he "firmly and unequivocally" held the view that there was no law or constitutional impediment preventing the girl - identified only as "Miss D" - travelling for the purpose of terminating her pregnancy.