VOR DEBATE - Ireland's "Savita" abortion law
Nov 26, 2012, 09:00 PM
The death of 17 week pregnant Savita Halappanavar has led to protests all over the world calling for a review of the abortion laws in Ireland.
Savita’s husband Praveen said that the hospital told them the foetus was not viable, but they could not perform an abortion, because Ireland was a Catholic country and the foetal heart was still beating.
Joining Juliet Spare to discuss abortion laws in Ireland and Savita’s death is Anne Scanlan, education and media officer at LIFE charity; Kate Smurthwaite vice chair of Abortion Rights UK; Dr Roselle Ward who is a family doctor and member of the Christian Medical Fellowship and Mara Clarke, founder and director of the Abortion Support Network.
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