LONDON/NEW DELHI: Rising global outrage over the tragic death of 31-year-old Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar forced the Irish government to respond on Friday. Ireland's deputy prime minister, Eamon Gilmore, conveyed to the Indian ambassador in Dublin, Debashish Chakravarti, the Irish people's "very strong feelings" and "sense of grief" over Savita's death. He also told a press conference that the Irish government would clarify guidelines on abortion in the country's parliament.
Successive governments have avoided introducing laws to fasten down the meaning of a 1992 Supreme Court ruling granting women the right to an abortion where the mother's life is at risk. But Gilmore told the Irish parliament on Thursday that the government won't "ignore and neglect" the issue anymore.
On Friday, India's external affairs ministry summoned Irish ambassador Feilim McLaughlin. Sources said that secretary (west) M Ganapathi conveyed to the ambassador "concern and angst in Indian society about the untimely and tragic death", and also New Delhi's wish for a free and fair probe into the incident.
Savita died after apparently being denied a life-saving abortion at a hospital in Galway, south Ireland.
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