Deaths signal pressure for legal abortion in Ireland
Expressing anguish and sorrow over the death of a pregnant woman in an Irish hospital, the country’s Catholic bishops said that pregnant women must receive all treatment to save their lives, even if it results in the unintended death of an unborn child.
The statement on November 19 came three weeks after the deaths of Savita Halappanavar, 31, who died after a miscarriage, and her unborn ...