Couple 'told abortion not allowed'

The widower of an Savita Halappanavar who died in hospital in Ireland after suffering a miscarriage has said a consultant told the couple an abortion was not allowed because “this is a Catholic country”.

The Indian dentist was 17 weeks pregnant when admitted to University Hospital Galway on October 21 last year and died a week later from suspected septicaemia, days after she lost her baby.