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Donate Inquest Confirms Savita Halappanavar’s Life Was Subordinated to Non-Viable Fetus
This is the inevitable outcome of abortion bans. Women die.
Abortion in Ireland: The Injustice and Day-to-Day Terror Faced by Countless Women
Haunted by the harrowing details of Savita’s death we’re left to wonder how many more women in Ireland may have lost their lives as a result of being denied a life-saving abortion.
The Death of Savita Halappanavar: A Tragedy Leading to Long Overdue Change?
Hopefully, the tragedy of Savita will, at least, finally spur the Irish government to issue clearer guidelines that the life of the pregnant woman must be privileged over that of her fetus. But if the thousands demonstrating reflect changes already underway in Irish society—including a growing dissatisfaction with the Catholic Church’s influence—perhaps some day Savita Halappanavar will be remembered as the woman whose death was a turning point in the long struggle for the legalization of abortion in Ireland.
Ensuring Access to Safe, Legal Abortion: A Global Movement Grows
Maternal deaths caused by unsafe abortion are both devastating for the families involved and detrimental to their larger community. Guaranteeing access to safe, legal abortion— and removing barriers to access in countries where abortion is legal—is essential to saving women’s lives and reversing these tragic statistics.
Ninth Circuit Court Blocks Arizona’s Extreme Abortion Ban
As women across the country celebrate the first day of coverage without co-pays of a wide range of preventive care services, including contraception without a co-pay, health and rights groups are fighting in the courts to maintain access to safe abortion care at the state level.