Monday, November 19, 2012

Ireland Protesters Rally for Abortion Rights - Iris Hughey

Thousands of protesters marched the streets of Dublin, Ireland Saturday in memory of a woman who died due to the denial of her getting an abortion, and to demand a change to the country's laws. Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old who was 17 weeks pregnant at the time went into a hospital on October 21 complaining of a back pain. The doctors who examined her told her she was having a miscarriage, yet denied her an abortion, even though she was in extreme pain. Halappanavar later died of septicemia, or a blood infection, at the hospital. The protestors want to stand up for women's rights, and prevent anything from happening the way it did for Halappanavar ever again.

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/17/world/europe/ireland-abortion-controversy/index.html?hpt=ieu_c1

1 comment:

  1. If she died from a miscarrage she shopuld have got an abortion SINCE and only SINCE the baby was already dead or not formed or whatever a miscrariage does. THAT had something to do with that doctor. Her family should sue the hospital or doctor or whoever told her that she couldnt have an abortion for that.

    -Anneke Davis

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