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Topic: Abortion denied based on religion - woman dies
s1owhand Joined Fri 05/18/07 Posts: 29437	Wed 11/14/12 05:02 PM
Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old dentist living in Galway, was 17 weeks pregnant when she appeared at her University Hospital on Oct. 21, complaining of pain. Doctors there determined that she was miscarrying, but would not remove the fetus because it still had a heartbeat. Her husband, Praveen Halappanavar, told reporters this week that the hospital staff informed the couple that “This is a Catholic country.” Mr. Praveen who came to Ireland from India, told the staff, “I am neither Irish nor Catholic,” but they said they couldn’t do anything. http://www.salon.com/2012/11/14/religion_keeps_a_woman_from_getting_a_life_saving_abortion/

Raven1569 Joined Wed 11/14/12 Posts: 20	Wed 11/14/12 11:08 PM Edited by Raven1569 on Wed 11/14/12 11:38 PM
She was already miscarrying. They could've just removed the fetus to save the woman's life. They let her die because of this? Stupid.

Conrad_73 Joined Sat 09/29/07 Posts: 22488	Thu 11/15/12 02:24 AM
Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old dentist living in Galway, was 17 weeks pregnant when she appeared at her University Hospital on Oct. 21, complaining of pain. Doctors there determined that she was miscarrying, but would not remove the fetus because it still had a heartbeat. Her husband, Praveen Halappanavar, told reporters this week that the hospital staff informed the couple that “This is a Catholic country.” Mr. Praveen who came to Ireland from India, told the staff, “I am neither Irish nor Catholic,” but they said they couldn’t do anything. http://www.salon.com/2012/11/14/religion_keeps_a_woman_from_getting_a_life_saving_abortion/ ought to make that Sick Old Man in Rome really proud!

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Thu 11/15/12 08:58 AM
any medical professionals wish to chime in?

s1owhand Joined Fri 05/18/07 Posts: 29437	Thu 11/15/12 11:30 AM
There is something terribly wrong if the medical community and/or religious authorities value the fleeting existence of the unviable fetus above the life of the healthy mother as they did in this case. It is horrific.

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Thu 11/15/12 11:33 AM
That's awful. Knowing she was already miscarrying, they chose to not do anything to save the mother. How sad.

metalwing Joined Fri 11/14/08 Posts: 26218	Thu 11/15/12 12:13 PM
It just shows how concepts can be taken too far.

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