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Sat 05 May 2007Consensus over disabled baby's fate a worryIreland has certainly changed. Recently, I was listening to a radio programme that had just covered the very upsetting case of the 17-year-old girl who is carrying a child with anencephaly, and who is seeking an abortion. After an ad break, the comments from listeners concerned the nuisance value of election posters.There is virtual consensus that the best thing for this girl and her child is that she be allowed to travel to have the life of her child ended. I would never condone forcing anyone to carry a child, disabled or otherwise, to term.