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	The woman at the centre of a recent abortion controversy wants to halt a Health Services Executive (HSE) inquiry into the care provided to her by state agencies, the High Court has heard.</p>
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	The woman - who can only be referred to as Ms Y for legal reasons - is an asylum seeker who suffers from a medical condition and has been described as being &quot;extremely vulnerable&quot;.</p>
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	Ms Y arrived in Ireland last March. Shortly afterwards she discovered she was pregnant after being raped in her home country.</p>
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	She sought an abortion, on the grounds of feeling suicidal, under the 2013 Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act.</p>
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	But despite seeing a number of agencies, the pregnancy was well advanced by the time her case was assessed by a three-doctor panel.</p>
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	Ms Y&#39;s baby was delivered, against her initial wishes, at around 26 weeks by Caesarean section and the infant is now in state care.</p>
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	Yesterday, High Court judge Mr Justice Seamus Noonan granted a temporary stay on an inquiry set up by the HSE until January next, when the matter returns to the High Court.</p>
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	The HSE inquiry was set up to examine the response of the State and other agencies and determine why her case under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act was delayed.</p>
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	Ms Y&#39;s lawyers yesterday told Judge Noonan the manner in which the HSE inquiry has been conducted - which she has been unable to participate in due to her ill health - has breached her rights to fair procedures and constitutional justice.</p>
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	In proceedings against the HSE, she wants an order halting the inquiry, which commenced last August.</p>
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	She has also sought an order quashing a draft report concerning her case, which it is claimed was &quot;leaked to media&quot; last September.</p>
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	Her senior counsel, Richard Kean, said the draft order was put together in the absence of his client being interviewed.</p>
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	Due to her vulnerable condition she was unable to be interviewed. She should have been interviewed to ascertain her version of events before any report was compiled, it has been argued.</p>
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	Mr Kean said the leak of the draft report, the contents of which were featured in both print and broadcast media, had &quot;compounded her illness,&quot; and had breached her rights, including her right to privacy.</p>
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	The lawyer said Ms Y was also unhappy that the four-person inquiry team appointed by the HSE was composed of individuals who were or had been in the past employees of the HSE.</p>
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	This gave rise to an apprehension of &quot;bias&quot;, said Mr Kean.</p>
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	Permission to bring the case was granted, on an ex parte (one-side only represented).</p>
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	The matter will return to the High Court next month.</p>
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	<a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/ms-y-in-legal-challenge-to-hse-inquiry-into-her-care-30839853.html">http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/ms-y-in-legal-challenge-to-hse-inquiry-into-her-care-30839853.html</a></p>
