Thousands gather to protest in Ireland over death of mother due to abortion denial - VIDEO

Ultra sound scans taken in the UK will not reveal the gender of the unborn baby to any mothet due to the practice as described by the comment @ 03.20.

Celticsweetie: "ethnic sensitivity training".... Really? So the Irish should take courses to be sensitive to foreign migrants, but the foreign migrants won't take courses to be sensitive to the culture of country they have arrived in as settlers? Sign me up for one of those courses--I'll be the most disruptive kid in the class!

I rarely agree with Eamonn Dublin but I found his posts very convincing on this issue. He might have mentioned one further undesirable element of Indian culture in regards to infanticide. This is the fact that all statistics show that some Indians practice abortion of unborn children once they find out that the baby is a girl. These facts are not relevant to the current sad case in Ireland, but they are most definitely relevant to rejecting any bullying intervention by the Indian government or media in the affairs of Ireland.

Hope no one needs a dentist this weekend since there is one less now. It is just disgusting that it happened. A beautiful person helping her community, contributing to the community now gone. May she rest in Peace. May those responsible loose their license for at least a year and be made to take ethics classes, ethnic sensitivity training, and medical diagnostics training at their expense. Also her funeral expenses should be paid for by the hospital as well as a compensation for loss of her income. Bless her family in their loss.

I absolutely agree that India sound a little hypocritical considering 'honour killings" Maybe I'm making a "rush to judgement" quick action was needed to save the yuong lady and I believe religious belief rather than a medical decision may have caused her death.

By the way, Sean, I mentioned "honour killings" in India for the simple reason that the Indian embassy in Dublin was today pontificating about a "potential diplomatic incident" over this matter. My point is very valid - the damn cheek of them, a country which turns a blind eye to the DELIBERATE killing of an average of 1,000 women a year in the name of "honour". Éamonn.

Sean, Going just a bit too far to already find the doctors in Galway "at least guilty of manslaughter"! Never heard of judicial process? Nobody who knows anything about the facts of this matter are coming even NEAR to accusing anybody of manslaughter or murder. Just cool it a bit, eh? Best Wishes, Éamonn.

Much of the pulicity about this tragic case is being give the predictable " Catholic/Ireland " bigoted slant .The real culprits are the politicians (including self proclaimed atheists like Gilmore and Quinn )who did not do their job and legislate .Incidentally ,the usual generalisation of the "Church " convenientely forgets that there are many churches and religions in Ireland ,all of whom have a say in forming legislation !

This terrible tragedy will be used by the pro-abort ideologues to push for abortion on demand before a full medical inquiry had been conducted into the cause of death. The Irish people must resist any pressure to legislate for pro-abortion legislation, as the Irish provision for maternal and baby care is amongst the best in the world.

Not sure that if an Irish person suffered some sort of tragic end in India due to some failing in an Indian hospital, that the local citizenry would be thronging the streets demanding justice for the Irish person.

It is irrelevant what happens in India or else where.The sad truth is that the doctors in Galway are at least guilty of manslaghter. Scmlomo why do the Irish deserve hat they get. your statement is wrapped in ignorance.

Health Minister James Reilly told Newstalk he has no evidence that a Catholic ethos prevented Savita’s life being saved by a medical termination of her pregnancy. Hypocritic moron O'Reilly is saying baloney and his flock (90% of the Irish) will believe him. The Irish truly deserve what an who the get.

It is with increasing upset and annoyance that I read and listen today to the Irish people's "humanity" and behaviour being called into question, both by the media and, amazingly, by the Indian embassy of all people. Without in any way wishing to diminish the awful tragedy of the Indian lady, Savita, and her unborn baby, I would ask is it not high time that the media, both national and international, gave more than a cursory, sideways glance at so-called "honour killings"? The Indian government might indeed reflect on which is worse - a very rare death in abnormal and dangerous circumstances, or an average of 1,000 murders per year of young females in a country whose culture and political establishment turns a blind eye to such matters. The intentional murder of young women and girls is surely far, far worse than even the very sad death of Savita. I am not forgetting the fact that Pakistan excels - for want of a better description - in honour murders, but we are just talking India today. Could the media's lack of interest possibly have anything to do with the fact that "honour killing" is not a Catholic thing? Éamonn, Dublin, Ireland.

kennedy cites an accurate statistic but doesn't draw the point. Many abortions in India are self-induced, at-home, dangerous abortions by married women who already have more children than they can support. Most Indian hospital abortions are D & Cs, also unsafe and leading to life-threatening complications in many cases. In the USA, vacuum aspiration dramatically reduced the high rate of fatalities associated with D & C and self-induced abortions before Roe v Wade, and also reduced neonatal maternal and infant death rates. The problem in India stems from forced early marriage, denial of education to girls and women, lack of effective birth control, unsafe abortion procedures, and delays in rural women getting to life-saving medical help in hospitals. All of that adds up to good reasons to outlaw forced marriages of girls and to extend education, access to contraceptives, and safe vacuum aspiration in hospitals and clinics.

reality check from Dublin, there was not thousands there was only a few hundered and it was all organised by pro abortion activists like Ivana Bacik and clare daly. This ladys death was not about abortion, but these activists are trying to hijack this ladys sad death for there own political ends. I am proud of the fact bhat there is no abortion in Ireland, and i have lived in the UK and US and travelled through europe. It is nothing to do with the catholic church, I dont care what they think, I just dont t think it is right, furthermore there are many many secular thinkers in ireland who thinks like wise, just because bacik and daly shout loudest does not make them right.