Death of Savita Halappanavar
Savita Halappanavar | |
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| ಸವಿತಾ ಹಾಲಪ್ಪನವರ್ Savitā Hālappanavar | |
Halappanavar, featured in a campaign supporting the Repeal of the Eighth Amendment (Portobello, Ireland, 2018) | |
| Born | Savita Andanappa Yalagi 9 September 1981 |
| Died | 28 October 2012 (aged 31) |
| Cause of death | Sepsis |
| Burial place | Belgaum, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education |
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| Occupation | Dentist |
| Known for | Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 |
| Spouse |
Praveen Halappanavar
(m. 2008) |
| Parents |
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Savita Halappanavar (née Savita Andanappa Yalagi; 9 September 1981 – 28 October 2012) was a dentist 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. 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outcry over her death, Irish voters passed in a landslide the Thirty-Sixth Amendment of the Constitution, which repealed the Eighth Amendment and empowered the Oireachtas parliament to make abortion legal.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.