GoogleThousand's of Irish protest the death of Savita Halappanavar.
Halappanavar, 31, died of miscarriage complications in a Galway hospital in Ireland Oct.28. After the medical staff refused her several request for an abortion and complaining of back pains she died carrying her still born child.
Nurses and hospital staff stated that in a “Catholic country,” a hospital in Ireland could not abide by her pleas because in Ireland states abortion is essentially illegal.
An estimate of 12,000 people marched on Saturday, where a candle-lit vigil and one minute silence was held. In Galway, up to 1,000 people took part in a vigil and members of the Indian community gathered outside the hospital to pray.
Halappanavar death could be the straw to break the camels back for the Irish government to either clarify or change the abortion law.
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