she was denied a legal abortion the committee found a violation of article of the covenant torture or other inhuman or degrading treatment since the states failure to guarantee her right to a termination which in this case would have been in accordance with argentine law had caused lmr physical and mental suffering constituting a violation of article of the covenant that was made especially serious by the victims status as a young girl with a disability the committee called on the state party to provide the victim with redress including adequate compensation she requested an abortion but the service was denied since abortion was legal only to save the mothers life but not in cases of foetal impairment