Savita’s case needs its own legislation

The bill doesn’t go far enough, says Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

SINCE the needless death of Savita Halappanavar at Galway University Hospital last October, pro-choice and pro-life groups have been at pains to stress certain facts in what happened.

“She developed sepsis so she died, and this is what we should focus on,” one will state. “She could not have an abortion in Ireland so she died, and this is what we should focus on,” another will counter.