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/

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.

ought to make that Sick Old Man in Rome really proud!

any medical professionals wish to chime in?

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.

That's awful. Knowing she was already miscarrying, they chose to not do anything to save the mother. How sad.

It just shows how concepts can be taken too far.