A JUDGE has ruled the Family Court has no power to order a woman not to terminate her unborn child at the request of the baby's father.

Justice Peter Murphy had been asked by a man to grant an urgent injunction to stop his former partner aborting their baby.

The man, who was given the pseudonym Mr Talbot, also asked the court to order the woman, who was given the pseudonym Ms Norman, to notify him when she was in labour so he could attend the hospital when the baby was born.

Mr Talbot, who represented himself, told the court he would be seeking full custody of the child from birth.

Last month a hearing was hastily convened in which Ms Norman, aged 16, gave sworn evidence that she was 13 weeks pregnant but did not intend to terminate the pregnancy.