You'd think all the beer would kill fetuses

So a 17-year old woman is duking it out with Ireland's high courts for the right to travel to the UK to get an abortion. The woman is under the care of the country's national health service, but they issued a court order blocking her from leaving the country. Even though she has the support of her mother and the father.

The woman is seeking an abortion because the fetus she is carrying has anencephaly, which is a condition where a portion of the baby's brain and skull are missing. Babies born with this condition die within three days of birth. Because abortion is illegal in Ireland except in cases of mother's health or threat of suicide, many Irish women go to England to get abortions. However, she is being blocked by the health service and her case is now being tried in the courts.

For a country of people who drink beer like its water, I'm surprised the number of birth defects isn't higher. Irish officials are certainly acting like they survived anencephaly because they are definitely missing parts of their head in this case.