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“She Had a Heartbeat Too”: The Tragic Death of Savita Halappanavar in an Irish Hospital
TweetCross-posted from On The Issues Magazine. By Ann Rossiter, On the Issues Special Correspondent in Dublin, Ireland. A 17-weeks pregnant woman with severe back pain is admitted to a hospital in the west of Ireland. After an examination, she is told that her cervix is fully dilated; her amniotic fluid leaking. Her immature fetus will not [...]
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Portland, Maine stands with Planned Parenthood
TweetOn Friday, despite below-freezing temperatures, over 80 pro-choice protesters gathered in front of Portland, Maine’s Planned Parenthood clinic to stand up to the anti-choice picketers who have been gathering weekly at the clinic’s doors since last summer. It was a welcome change from most Friday mornings, when the sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood is [...]
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In case you need scripture to justify a lifesaving abortion
TweetBy now, we’ve all heard the horrific story of Savita Halappanavar. She was a thirty-one year old woman from India who was visiting Ireland with her husband when she miscarried her pregnancy. Even though her fetus was not viable, even though abortion is legal in Ireland to save the life of the mother, and even [...]
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“This is a Catholic country”: Savita Halappanavar’s unnecessary death
Tweet On November 13 the Irish Times reported on Savita Halappanavar’s unnecessary death. They wrote: Savita Halappanavar (31), a dentist, presented with back pain at the hospital on October 21st, was found to be miscarrying, and died of septicaemia a week later. Her husband, Praveen Halappanavar (34), an engineer atBoston Scientific in Galway, says she asked several times over a [...]
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