Original Article:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/14/world/europe/ireland-abortion-controversy/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
A woman in Ireland died recently due to a blood infection caused by her pregnancy which was miscarrying. Savita went to hospital with back pain, and was told that she was going to have a miscarriage. She was 17 weeks pregnant when she was told. Despite her increasing agony and the knowledge that she was almost 100% going to lose the child, they refused to "terminate" the pregnancy. The law in Ireland with regards to abortion says that abortion is legal if the pregnancy risks the mother's life. It has to put her in serious risk of death. If they feel it will damage her, but not kill her, they cannot perform the abortion.
This case has led to some serious debate in Ireland and Great Britain as a whole about the abortion laws in Ireland. There was many protests throughout the nation, the biggest being help outside of the Irish Embassy in England. I am openly pro-choice (supportive of abortion). I believe its disgusting for anyone to tell a woman what to do with her body, especially in such a personal case like pregnancy. So when a nation outlaws abortion, I see the nation in a whole new light, and I can't help but think of them as sexist. This woman's death was avoidable. They would not let her get the abortion. That means one of two things. Either the doctors broke their own law and refused to give the abortion to her despite her risk of death. Or, they didn't think she had a risk of death, which considering how quickly she dies, says something bad about their doctors. Either way, this is a monstrosity.
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