When parents refuse life-saving treatment based on religious belief, courts consistently prioritise the child’s right to life over parental religious rights. The law recognises religious freedom – but ...

The High Court has said a 16-year-old girl who was close to giving birth should receive a blood transfusion if she needed it – despite her religious objections. The girl, who, like her parents, is a ...

A 14-year-old's transplant has stalled for months amid a dispute over religious objections to blood transfusion.

The girl told her court-appointed guardian that if the decision was taken out of her hands it would be easier, but she would still feel guilty about it ...

The High Court has authorised the HSE to provide as a “last resort” blood transfusions and other treatments to a pregnant minor against the wishes of the minor and her parents, who are Jehovah’s ...

When faith clashes with medicine, some believers choose their soul over their survival. In Nigerian hospitals, doctors are trained to fight for every heartbeat. But what happens when a patient, or ...