Death of Savita Halappanavar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Death of Savita Halappanavar

died due to a miscarriage in 2012 in Galway, Ireland

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1981

Place of Birth: Bagalkot, Karnataka, India

Date of Death: 28-Oct-2012

Profession: microbiologist

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Savita Halappanavar (née Savita Andanappa Yalagi; 9 September 1981 – 28 October 2012) was an Indian woman, living in Ireland, whose death led to the passing of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013.
Medical staff at University Hospital Galway denied her request for an abortion following an incomplete miscarriage on the grounds that granting her request would be illegal under Irish law, ultimately resulting in her death from septic miscarriage.
Her death served as a rallying cry for efforts to repeal the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, which prohibited abortion in most instances.In the wake of her death, the passing of the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution, which repealed the Eighth Amendment, empowered the Oireachtas to legislate for abortion.
It did so through the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, signed into law on 20 December 2018.