The High Court will assess the compensation due to the couple.
The Taoiseach's being urged to order a public investigation into how a Dublin couple were wrongly told their healthy baby had a fatal foetal abnormality.
The couple were wrongly told that their baby had Edwards’ syndrome, which often leads to death before or shortly after its birth.
This is unbearably sad ?@DonnellyStephen I know you’re flat out but please watch this and try to find the time to meet with this couple.
Rebecca Price and Patrick Kiely’s pregnancy was terminated after they were wrongly advised their baby had a fatal foetal abnormality. pic.twitter.com/icdT3I9UM2
— Frank Greaney (@FrankGreaney) June 23, 2021
Source: Twitter (@FrankGreaney)
Rebecca Price and Patrick Kiely then made the difficult decision to have an abortion after the inaccurate advice.
They settled their High Court case against the National Maternity Hospital, five consultants and a lab in Scotland yesterday.
Following the admission of liability, the High Court will proceed to assess the level of compensation due to the couple
Meath TD Peadar Toibin has called for a full inquiry.
Peadar Tóibín uses the debate to call for a full public inquiry into case of wrongful abortion of healthy pregnancy at Holles St - he has an amendment to SocDems motion seeking explanation for why State funded the legal defence of the private clinic defendant in that case
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) June 23, 2021
Source: Twitter (@gavreilly)
The Aontu Party leader said;
‘I believe that there should be a full public investigation into what happened, and that the health service is reformed to ensure that this does not happen again.’
