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Title: Savita Halappanavar, Death: Irish Woman Denied Abortion Dies From Blood Poisoning
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URL Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/ ... -abortion-dies_n_2128696.html
Published: Nov 14, 2012
Author: SHAWN POGATCHNIK
Post Date: 2012-11-14 14:50:04 by sneakypete
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DUBLIN — The debate over legalizing abortion in Ireland flared Wednesday after the government confirmed that a woman in the midst of a miscarriage was refused an abortion and died in an Irish hospital after suffering from blood poisoning. Prime Minister Enda Kenny said he was awaiting findings from three investigations into the death of Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old Indian woman who was 17 weeks pregnant. Her case highlighted the legal limbo in which pregnant women facing severe health problems can find themselves in predominantly Catholic Ireland. Ireland's constitution officially bans abortion, but a 1992 Supreme Court ruling found the procedure should be legalized for situations when the woman's life is at risk from continuing the pregnancy. Five governments since have refused to pass a law resolving the confusion, leaving Irish hospitals reluctant to terminate pregnancies except in the most obviously life-threatening circumstances. The vast bulk of Irish women wanting abortions, an estimated 4,000 per year, simply travel next door to England, where abortion has been legal on demand since 1967. But that option is difficult, if not impossible, for women in failing health. Halappanavar's husband, Praveen, said doctors at University Hospital Galway in western Ireland determined she was miscarrying within hours of her hospitalization for severe pain on Sunday, Oct. 21. He said over the next three days, doctors refused their requests for an abortion to combat her surging pain and fading health. Continued at link www.huffingtonpost.com/20...rtion-dies_n_2128696.html "> Click for Full Text!
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#1. To: All, *Religious History and Issues*, *Hypocrisy and Hypocrites* (#0)
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A wise man once said,"If you wish to live your life as a good man,try to be the man your dog thinks you are."
She did receive an abortion, so if it's necessary to play the blame game, one could blame it on the abortion. Many women die as a result of so called "safe and legal" abortions. It appears that all efforts were made to save both the baby and the mother. Killing the baby because the mother is ill is not justified. They tried to save both.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
It appears that all efforts were made to save both the baby and the mother. Killing the baby because the mother is ill is not justified. They tried to save both. No,they tried to please the Catholic Church and the law,and I suppose both are very happy now. She was clearly having a miscarriage,and there is a reason the body does this to itself. What the doctors did was try to prevent what was already happening,and this resulted in the woman dying from blood poisoning.
A wise man once said,"If you wish to live your life as a good man,try to be the man your dog thinks you are."
It appears that all efforts were made to save both the baby and the mother. Killing the baby because the mother is ill is not justified. They tried to save both. So two deaths are better than one death? She did not receive an abortion as the fetus was already dead, and she was too weak to expel it on her own. I bet livestock are treated better there than that woman was.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Thank you for posting. I was just about to que this up...
It is not easy reconstructing 'molded minds'...
#2. To: sneakypete (#0)
Ms Halappanavar asked for a medical termination. This was refused, he says, because the foetal heartbeat was still present and they were told, “this is a Catholic country”. She spent a further 2½ days “in agony” until the foetal heartbeat stopped. The dead foetus was removed and Savita was taken to the high dependency unit and then the intensive care unit, where she died of septicaemia on the 28th.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#3. To: hondo68 (#2)
She did receive an abortion, so if it's necessary to play the blame game, one could blame it on the abortion. Many women die as a result of so called "safe and legal" abortions.
#4. To: hondo68 (#2)
She did receive an abortion, so if it's necessary to play the blame game, one could blame it on the abortion. Many women die as a result of so called "safe and legal" abortions.
#5. To: sneakypete (#0)
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