Caution urged over controversy

If the fall-out from the tragic circumstances of Savita Halappanavar’s death at Galway University Hospital proves anything at this point in time it is that to comment (or worse still, make up one’s mind fully) definitively on any subject without having the full facts from both sides of any subject is both very unwise not to say foolish.

At the moment it’s quite obvious that some people have been (quite understandably, I concede) affected in a very personal manner with this very sad death. There are, I also concede, grounds for demanding that the Government should put immediate (but very carefully thought out) steps in place to address the legal aspects of the X case into legislation.

But putting that aspect (and emotions) aside for the moment, would it be too much to ask all to refrain from coming to a definitive opinion without having heard both sides of this story in relation to the specifics of the recent tragic death in UCH before making a definitive judgement?