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Irish Hospital Refuses to Perform Abortion, Lets Woman Die

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wrenchwench11/16/2012 12:54:25 pm PST

Same source the next day:

Savita Halappanavar’s husband Praveen has been trying to explain to their families back in India how his 31-year-old pregnant wife died

Praveen Halappanavar, husband of Savita, has spoken of how Ireland’s reputation as a “good place to have a baby” was among the factors in their decision to start a family here.

Speaking to The Irish Times yesterday from Belgaum in southwest India, where his wife was from, he said most of their friends in Galway had had babies here. The couple moved to Galway in 2008.

“All our friends, you know, had great stories to tell about the babies they had in Ireland. So we decided we’d go there. We had heard Ireland was a good place to have a baby. Most of our friends there had babies there and they’re all fine, and so we decided: have a baby in Ireland.”

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