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Tag Archives: Savita Halappanavar
Response of Irish Government To Our Letter Regarding The Death of Savita Halappanavar
On November 20, ASAP signed the International Campaign’s Petition Letter to protest the death of Savita Halappanavar, and sent it to the Irish Government by email. We received the following response on Nov. 21. From: Doreen Foley PA to Eamon Gilmore TD, Tanaiste … Continue reading
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Lessons From the Death of Savita Halappanavar – A digest
This week, ASAP’s blog covered the death of Savita Halappanavar and discussed several restricting factors that affect women’s choices in Ireland, and in other parts of the world. To read these, please see the following articles Savita Halappanavar: A Preventable … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion and socioeconomic class, gender, protest, religious fundamentalism, Savita Halappanavar, vigil
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Savita Halappanavar: A Preventable Death
Last week, Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year old dentist of Indian origin died after she was denied an abortion at an Irish hospital. She was in pain from a uterine infection, caused by damage to the membranes around the fetus (thus … Continue reading
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