A pregnant women who is seriously ill & needs & abortion is entitled to a second medical opinion if her request is turned down, the Irish government has clarified amid global scrutiny of its laws on abortion after 31 year old Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar's death in october.
Ireland has also told the council of Europe,a rights body, that a pregnant , ill women would have the right to apply to the high court for orders directing the" necessary treatment " to be provided. Savita died
on october 28 at Galway University Hospital. She was 17 weeks pregnant & was found to be miscarrying .
Her husband Praveen said she sought a termination of the pregnancy repeatedly but was refused by the
doctor, who said the fetal heart beat could still be found & "this is a Catholic country."
According to the Irish Times, the interim scenarios, that apply to the country pending full implementation of the ABC judgement of the European court of Human Rights are laid out in an action plan submitted by the Irish government to the council A, B &Ccases represent landmark cases of the court on the right to privacy.
The report issued in Times Nation of Times of
India on 5 December 2012.
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