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Abortion: the story of suffering and death behind Ireland's ban and subsequent legalization

  • Written by Gretchen E. Ely, Professor of Social Work and Ph.D. Program Director, University of Tennessee
imageThe death of Savita Halappanavar in an Irish hospital in 2012 after she was denied an abortion during a miscarriage caused outrage across Ireland.AP Photo/Shawn Pogatchnik

If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion in the U.S., the nation may find itself on a path similar to that trod by the Irish...

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