Recently in Ireland a woman by the name of Praveen Halappanavar passed away from a blood infection after her unborn child had died in her womb after pleading with doctors in Ireland to abort the baby while she was alive but in a lot of pain, because of the extreme Catholic community in Ireland they refused to abort her child and now that she has passed her husband is trying to take legal action to make sure this does not happen to anyone else again. Because of this Irish parliament is debating whether to legalize abortion in Ireland or not. This situation could have been prevented, this woman did not have to die, she was in a lot of pain when the doctors refused to give her an abortion, it is not the doctors or the hospitals fault because of the strict rules but in the end this woman did not have to die. I understand that Ireland is a very strict Catholic community but when the use of abortion can save a woman’s life without killing two lives, I don’t think that it’s a bad idea to legalize abortion. This does not mean that they should legalize it for everyone but I believe that in extreme medical situations it would not be that bad if they were to abort the child. They should legalize abortion in life or death situations or if a woman can not physically carry a child. Some Catholics will be angry about it in the end and they will try to justify the woman’s death but in reality this woman could probably still be alive today if they allowed her to abort the child. There may be some backlash from the legalization but they can legalize abortion without making it available to every woman in Ireland. In the end aborting this baby could have save 1 life instead of killing 2. (317)
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