Ireland abortion law may be termed as 'Savita's law'
Savita Halappanavar
The pro-choice campaign won Friday's referendum with 66 per cent of the 2.1 million votes cast, the returning officer said at the central counting center in Dublin Castle
After Ireland welcomed the abortion vote, campaigners have said that they will be in full support if the new law will be named after the woman who died after miscarriage - Savita Halappanavar.
Halappanavar’s father has called for the legislation that will follow the historic referendum result to be referred to as “Savita’s law”.
After the successful campaign, the 'Together for Yes' group - an umbrella group representing pro-repeal organisations - said it would support the decision and called on the government to start the formalities as soon as possible.
The Irish health minister is said to get the draft approved by the cabinet on Tuesday which would permit abortion on request up to the 12th week of pregnancy and in some cases, the 23rd week.
The new law will be in place by the end of the year, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Sunday.
This move will make Northern Ireland to be the only part of the UK and Ireland with a blanket ban on termination.
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Ireland voted by an overwhelming majority to overturn a constitutional ban on abortion in a historic referendum in this traditionally Catholic country, final results showed on Saturday.
The pro-choice campaign won Friday's referendum with 66 per cent of the 2.1 million votes cast, the returning officer said at the central counting center in Dublin Castle.
31-year-old Halappanavar was 17 weeks pregnant when she was admitted to University Hospital Galway in Ireland due to septic miscarriage. She died five days after she was refused a termination. The incident outraged people all across, especially those who belonged to the Indian community.
A widespread public debate eventually mounted pressure on the Irish government forcing it to change the abortion legislation and allowing the procedure in cases where there is a threat to mother's life. However, termination of pregnancy in cases of foetal abnormalities, pregnancy complications, miscarriage, rape was still prohibited.