The chair of the inquiry into Savita Halappanavar’s death in Galway in 2012 has called for a Yes vote in Friday’s referendum.
Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran has travelled to Dublin speak about the harms of the Eighth Amendment and the importance of repealing the Eighth.
Those on the No side of the Referendum debate have said her case is being misrepresented.
Clare FM’s Fiona McGarry has more:
In just three days time, voters will go to the polls to decide whether or not to repeal the 8th Amendment and in the final days of canvassing, both sides are continuing to make their case on which way people should vote.
The Taoiseach has so far refused to take part in TV debates, but Health Minister Simon Harris will go head to head with pro-life activists tonight.
The No side have said politicians shouldn’t be trusted when it comes to abortion – Love Both have handed a blank cheque into government buildings saying that’s what people would be giving politicians if they vote for repeal.
Clare McCarthy from Love Both is hoping that cheque will bounce on Friday.
A pro life campaigner says the experience of the woman at the centre of the C case illustrates why the 8th amendment should be retained.
In 1997, the then 13 year old rape victim was allowed to travel to the UK for an abortion following a high profile legal case, but in a recent interview the now mother of two said she regretted the termination, and suffered depression afterwards.
Cora Sherlock from the Pro Life Campaign says the C case shows that abortion is wrong.
The chair of the inquiry into Savita Halappanavar’s death in Galway in 2012, meanwhile, has called for a Yes vote in Friday’s referendum.
The 31 year old Indian woman who was 17 weeks pregnant died at University Hospital Galway from sepsis, while suffering a miscarriage.
An investigation into her death found the 8th amendment played a role after her request for an abortion was denied and Prof. Sabaratnam Arulkumaran says it was the constitutional ban on abortion which stopped her being treated properly.
