Monday, May 28, 2018

Our daughter’s soul is now consoled: Savitha’s parents

Belagavi: 28.05.2018  times of india

“Our daughter’s soulis nowconsoled,”the parents of a woman who died of complications in 2012 after being denied abortion by doctorsin Irelandsaidon Sunday, a day after the country voted to repeal its stringent abortion laws in a landmark referendum.

“It is a landslide opinion in favour of repeal of the abortion laws that has supported our cause,” Savita’s father Andanappa Yalagi said.

One of the key cases influencing the debate on abortion in Ireland was that of dentist Savita Praveen Halappanavar, who died of sepsis in the Galway University hospital after being denied an abortion during a protracted miscarriage in 2012.

The 31-year-old woman’s deathhadtriggered a massive debate in that country over the issue of life-saving abortions.

Hailing the result of the referendum, Akkamahadevi, Savita’s mother said, “It is also a win for Kitty Holland who took up the mission and created awareness among the Irish people on the unnatural law.”

Kitty Holland is a journalist with the Irish times, who broke the story of Savitha’s death. PTI 


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