“From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.”

I walked the 3.6 mile hilly course of the Stanford Dish 112 times in 2018. Doing this walk is like climbing 36 floors according to the Health app on my iPhone. It takes me around 56 minutes to do the loop and my goal is to get my heart rate up for some duration.

Protest in October 2012 at death of Savita Halappanavar who was denied an abortion in an Irish hospital.

Blog post by Una Mullally in the Irish Times after the death of the death of Savita Halappanavar.

By now much of Ireland, and a good chunk of elsewhere, knows about the death of Savita Halappanavar.

Kitty Holland and Paul Cullen wrote in Wednesday’s Irish Times newspaper, “Two investigations are under way into the death of a woman who was 17 weeks pregnant, at University Hospital Galway last month. Savita Halappanavar (31), a dentist, presented with back pain at the hospital on October 21st, was found to be miscarrying, and died of septicaemia a week later. Her husband, Praveen Halappanavar (34), an engineer at Boston Scientific in Galway, says she asked several times over a three-day period that the pregnancy be terminated. He says that, having been told she was miscarrying, and after one day in severe pain, Ms Halappanavar asked for a medical termination.”

25 May 2018

Irish women cheered the repeal of Ireland’s 8th Amendment by chanting the name of the Indian immigrant who died when she was denied access to an abortion: Savita. Savita. Savita.

“Savita. Savita. Savita.” #8thRef pic.twitter.com/S5A8IuYaw3

— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) May 26, 2018

Irish Times

People pay tribute to Savita Halappanavar, leaving flowers and notes at a mural by Aches on Richmond Street in Dublin.

RTE News

Shampa Lahiri (46), who was wearing a sari and a bindi, said she was at the march “because Savita Halappanavar is not.” An immigrant to Ireland from Australia, says she voted Yes for Savita Halappanavar.