Ireland - Abortion clarification
November 18, 2012, Sunday
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PRESSURE mounted Thursday for the Irish government to draft a law spelling out when life-saving abortions can be performed, after a pregnant woman who was denied an abortion died.
Activists protested in Ireland and Britain in memory of Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old dentist who died a week after doctors said she was starting to miscarry her 17-week-old fetus.
Doctors refused her request for an abortion for three days as the fetus had a heartbeat. She died from blood poisoning after the fetus died and was removed. Irish gynecologists have demanded the government close a hole in abortion laws that leaves them fearing prosecution if they abort a fetus to protect a woman's life.
Activists protested in Ireland and Britain in memory of Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old dentist who died a week after doctors said she was starting to miscarry her 17-week-old fetus.
Doctors refused her request for an abortion for three days as the fetus had a heartbeat. She died from blood poisoning after the fetus died and was removed. Irish gynecologists have demanded the government close a hole in abortion laws that leaves them fearing prosecution if they abort a fetus to protect a woman's life.
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