Ireland’s abortion lobby is lying about this pregnant woman’s death to push their cause
by Dorothy Cummings McLean, LifeSite:
Many Irish citizens may have changed their pro-life stance after being misled to believe a pregnant Indian woman died in an Irish hospital because she was not allowed an abortion.
Critics say Savita Halappanavar’s 2012 death has been exploited by abortion activists to influence this week’s referendum that could impose abortion-on-demand on a historically pro-life country. Critics say Ireland’s abortion laws had nothing to do with Savita’s death.
Three official investigations found that Savita, 31, died of sepsis – a blood infection – caused by “extremely virulent bacteria,” E. coli ESBL. Under Ireland’s abortion laws, the woman would have been permitted an abortion had doctors realized how sick she was when she came to the hospital.
“First and foremost, this was a subsequent medical negligence case,” Ireland’s Lawyers for Life stated in a Facebook post last week. “This was well reported in the media at the time of the medical negligence court case.”
On May 25, Irish citizens will vote in a referendum to repeal or save Ireland’s pro-life Eighth Amendment. At present Irish mothers and babies have an equal right to life. Abortion is permissible if the presence of the unborn child in her womb directly endangers the life of the mother.
Lawyers for Life underscored that Savita’s death had nothing to do with abortion, but instead was a case of medical negligence.
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