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How Savita Halappanavar’s Death Spurred Ireland’s Abortion Rights Campaign (English)
Megan Specia
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27 May 2018
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Dr. Halappanavar was told that her fetus would not survive — but that she could not be given an abortion, her husband said. Ireland, she was told, is “a Catholic country,” and it would be illegal to terminate the pregnancy while the fetus still had a heartbeat, her husband said. (English)