Alison O'Connor: Misogyny is still very much a part of Irish society

While the mother and baby homes are now closed, some of the attitudes that went with them remain a stain on our national landscape, writes Alison O'Connor

A mural in memory of Savita Halappanavar, who became the symbol of the Yes campaign to repeal the 8th amendment when she died, aged 32, due to complications following a septic miscarriage in Galway in 2012. Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

She was 15 years old. She went into labour not knowing what the birthing process involved. 

Then again, she did not know how she got pregnant in the first place. Experiencing the pain of labour, she believed she was dying.