Raw Story: Health authorities in Ireland are investigating the death of a pregnant woman whose husband says she was denied an abortion following severe complications.
Savita Halappanavar, who was 17 weeks pregnant, died of septicaemia a week after presenting with back pain on 21 October at University hospital in Galway, where she was found to be miscarrying.
After the 31-year-old dentist was told that she was miscarrying, her husband reportedly said that she had asked for a medical termination a number of times over a three day period, during which she was in severe pain.
But he said these requests were denied because a foetal heartbeat was still present and they were told at one point: “This is a Catholic country.”
Whether it be wars, jihad, or reproductive rights, when religion becomes public policy people die because of it. It's a plank in the Republican party platform that abortion is murder even in the case of rape, incest, or danger to the mother. This story is yet another illustration of how dangerous it is to give them power.
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