Remembering Savita Halappanavar

Remembering Savita Halappanavar, the Belagavi woman whose death sparked a mass movement in Ireland

Health By Chetana Belagere October 28, 2022 Read the article

In 2012, 31-year-old dentist Savita Halappanavar died of septicemia after she was refused an abortion at the University Hospital in Galway, Ireland.

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Abortion had been illegal in Ireland since 1983.

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Savita’s death sparked one of the largest movements for social change in Ireland - to have the country’s abortion law liberalised.

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In 2013, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill was signed into law.

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On Saturday October 29, ROSA, the Socialist Feminist Movement, has organised a march to mark the 10th anniversary of Savita’s death.

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In Belagavi, Karnataka, Savita’s mother Akkamahadevi, too, will remember her youngest child.

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Activists in Ireland are still pushing for an expansion of the abortion law.

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