Emma Watson has penned an open letter to Dr Savita Halappanavar, who died after being denied an abortion in Ireland six years ago. Savita's death proved a catalyst for Ireland's historic move in the legalization of abortion in May 2018.

Emma Watson pens an open letter to the Indian woman who died after Irish laws denied her abortion

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31-year-old Halappanavar was 17 weeks pregnant when she was admitted to University Hospital Galway in Ireland in 2012

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A vote on May 25 on whether to scrap the 1983 ban is the latest referendum to gauge just how much has changed in Ireland, once one of Europe's most socially conservative and staunchly Catholic countries

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