Abortion law reform urged as campaigners organise march for Savita Halappanavar

Ruth Coppinger, Dr Peter Boylan, Dr Salome Mbugua and Maeve Richardson, during a press conference in Buswells Hotel, Dublin, to launch the 10th anniversary march for Savita Halappanavar, to be held in Dublin on Saturday October 29. Pic: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Ireland’s abortion laws need to be reformed to ensure they are not “restrictive and punitive” as they are at present, campaigners have said.

It comes ahead of a march to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Savita Halappanavar.