The first termination of a pregnancy, under the terms of the new abortion legislation, has been carried out.

If Savita Halapannavar was given a termination, she may still be alive today, according to the head of the HSE inquiry into the circumstances surrounding her death last year.

The world has a responsibility to ensure human rights are upheld, from Ireland to Syria and Afghanistan, writes Colm O’Gorman

A senior midwife has said she is 100% certain she told a doctor about the elevated pulse rate of Savita Halapannavar, who died after she suffered a miscarriage at University Hospital Galway.