‘Don’t use tragedy as reason to legislate’

Catholic groups and high-profile campaigners against legalising abortion have hit out at the circumstances which allegedly led to the death of Savita Halappanavar.

However, despite the outrage over what happened, the same individuals insist the case should not be seen as an argument to legislate for the practice in this country.

Senator Rónán Mullen, Catholic Comment, and the Life Institute all made near identical comments in relation to the incident.