Death of Savita Halappanavar

Savita Halappanavar
ಸವಿತಾ ಹಾಲಪ್ಪನವರ್
Savitā Hālappanavar
Halappanavar, featured in a campaign supporting the Repeal of the Eighth Amendment (Portobello, Ireland, 2018)
Born
Savita Andanappa Yalagi

(1981-09-09)9 September 1981
Bagalkot, India[1]
Died28 October 2012(2012-10-28) (aged 31)
Galway, Ireland
Cause of deathSepsis
Burial placeBelgaum, India[2]
NationalityIndian
Education
OccupationDentist
Known forProtection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013
Spouse
Praveen Halappanavar
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(m. 2008)​
Parents
  • Andanappa Yalagi (father)
  • Akhmedevi Yalagi (mother)

Savita Halappanavar[3][4] (née Savita Andanappa Yalagi; 9 September 1981 – 28 October 2012) was a dentist[1] of Indian origin, living in Ireland, who died from sepsis after her request for an abortion after a prolonged miscarriage was denied on legal grounds.[5] In the wake of a nationwide outcry over her death, Irish voters passed in a landslide the Thirty-Sixth Amendment of the Constitution, which repealed the Eighth Amendment and empowered the Oireachtas parliament to make abortion legal. It did so through the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act of 20 December 2018.[3][6][7]

  1. ^ a b Holland, Kitty (19 October 2013). "Savita Halappanavar: the early years". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ Holland, Kitty (9 October 2013). "A year since the death of Savita Halappanavar". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b Specia, Megan (27 May 2018). "How Savita Halappanavar's Death Spurred Ireland's Abortion Rights Campaign". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
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  5. ^ Burrell, Celia; Griffiths, Malcolm (2017). "Changes in the abortion legislation in Ireland: The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013". BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 124 (8): 1217. doi:10.1111/1471-0528.14459. ISSN 1471-0528. PMID 28632355.
  6. ^ McDonald, Henry; Graham-Harrison, Emma; Baker, Sinead (26 May 2018). "Ireland votes by landslide to legalise abortion". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  7. ^ Enright, Máiréad (2018). ""The Enemy of the Good": Reflections on Ireland's New Abortion Legislation". Feminists@law. 8 (2). University of Kent. doi:10.22024/UniKent/03/fal.658. Retrieved 5 May 2022.