Death of Indian Woman Forces Ireland to Face Abortion Taboo
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It’s taken the death of a 31-year-old Indian woman in a hospital in the west of Ireland to force politicians to confront the taboo over abortion.
Successive governments fearing a backlash in a mainly Catholic nation have avoided introducing laws to fasten down the meaning of a 1992 Supreme Court ruling granting women the right to an abortion where the mother’s life is at risk. Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore told parliament yesterday the government won’t “ignore and neglect” the issue anymore.