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Woman dies in Irish hospital after being refused abortion
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Nov 14, 2012 08:16pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Tu Thanh Ha |
| Media | Newspaper - Toronto Globe and Mail |
| News Date | Thursday, November 15, 2012 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A woman miscarried and died in an Irish hospital after her pleas for an abortion were turned down because “this is a Catholic country,” her husband says, fuelling anew the abortion debate in Ireland.
Savita Halappanavar, 27, died three weeks ago at a hospital in the western port of Galway.
A dentist who had moved from India with her husband, Ms. Halappanavar was 17-weeks pregnant and just had a baby shower when she was hospitalized, complaining of back pains.
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“Again on Tuesday morning, the ward rounds and the same discussion. The consultant said it was the law, that this is a Catholic country. Savita said: ‘I am neither Irish nor Catholic’ but they said there was nothing they could do.”
After another 2 1/2 days, the fetal heartbeat had stopped and the dead fetus removed. Three days later, Ms. Halappanavar died of septicemia, a blood infection. Her remains were brought back to India and her husband gave his interview from the southern state of Karnataka. |
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