What barbaric, primitive practice allows this?

THE death of Savita Halappanavar, the dentist who died after a prolonged miscarriage at a hospital in Galway, is under investigation.

The exact circumstances of her death are not yet open for discussion. If I wrote what I really think, this newspaper might get sued.

What I can say is that Savita’s husband Praveen Halappanavar, speaking from India on the BBC news on Wednesday, reported that his miscarrying wife was told, “This is a Catholic country”, when she asked that the foetus her body was spontaneously aborting be medically removed. Draw your own conclusions. Meanwhile, I will keep it general.