Savita Halappanavar (Q5247527)
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died during an untreated miscarriage due to Ireland's restrictive abortion laws in 2012 in Galway, Ireland
- death of Savita Halappanavar
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died during an untreated miscarriage due to Ireland's restrictive abortion laws in 2012 in Galway, Ireland |
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In 2012, Savita Halappanavar, age 31 and 17 weeks pregnant, went to a hospital in Galway, Ireland. Doctors there determined that she was having a miscarriage. However, because the fetus still had a detectable heartbeat, it was protected by the Eighth Amendment. Doctors could not intervene – in legal terms, ending its life – even to save the mother. So she was admitted to the hospital for pain management while awaiting the miscarriage to progress naturally.Over the course of three days, as her pain increased and signs of infection grew, she and her husband pleaded with hospital officials to terminate the pregnancy because of the health risk. The request was denied because the fetus still had a heartbeat.By the time the fetal heartbeat could no longer be detected, Halappanavar had developed a massive infection in her uterus, which spread to her blood. After suffering organ failure and four days in intensive care, she died. (English)
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Savita Halappanavar died as a direct result of Ireland's restrictive abortion laws and not simply because she contracted sepsis, the author of the independent report into her death has said. (English)
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- eswiki Savita Halappanavar
- gawiki Savita Halappanavar
- plwiki Savita Halappanavar
- zhwiki 萨维塔·哈拉帕那瓦之死