9 years ago
Three years on: My country still kills women.
Savita Halappanavar died three years ago today. She died of septicaemia. She died from a drawn-out miscarriage that went untreated too long. She died after spending a week in hospital. Savita may have died of blood poisoning, but she was killed by the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution. Two decades of Irish governments have blood on their hands. They were too cowardly to legislate to protect pregnant people’s lives.
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Irish abortion law key factor in death of Savita Halappanavar, official report finds
Confusion over Ireland's abortion law was a "material factor" in the death of a Asian dentist as doctors put the welfare of her unborn foetus above a growing risk to her life, an official report has found.
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