Consultant: Only one request for termination

The consultant who cared for Savita Halappanavar at Galway University Hospital has insisted just one request was made for a termination after it emerged she would inevitably miscarry.

Dr Katherine Astbury’s version of events emerged for the first time yesterday as she read a deposition at Mrs Halappanavar’s inquest in Galway. The consultant obstetrician gynaecologist contradicted evidence by Praveen Halappanavar that his wife had three times requested a termination.

Mr Halappanavar had said that his wife was told that a termination was not possible because Ireland was a Catholic country.