Savita Halappanavar

As the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending the right to abortion upheld for decades, Niall O'Dowd looks at how abortion became legal in Ireland in this extract from his book A New Ireland: How Europe's Most Conservative Country Became Its Most Liberal. On May 25, 2018, the Irish voters spoke loudly and vociferously and they voted for abortion up to twelve weeks … [Read more...] about How Abortion Became Legal in Ireland