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Savita Halappanavar died from a bacterial infection. She and her husband were advised that termination may be necessary. There is nothing in the law that prevented her from receiving any treatment ("The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right.", Article 40.3.3° of the Irish Const., http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/attached_files/html%20files/Constitution%20of%20Ireland%20%28Eng%29Nov2004.htm). The anti-life crowd has seized upon this case to advance their agenda.

From The Final Report of the Health Services Executive:

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The cause of death established by the Coroner’s Inquest in this case in April, 2013 was: “1(a)Fulminant septic shock from E. coli bacteremia. 1(b) Ascending genital tract sepsis. 1(c) Miscarriage at 17 weeks gestation associated with chorioamnionitis. (2) There were no co-morbidities”
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The investigation team considers that the situation was complicated by the difficulty associated with the application of the law in Ireland relating to the termination of a pregnancy. The investigation team is satisfied that concern about the law, whether clear or not, impacted on the exercise of clinical professional judgement.
O&G Consultant stated at interview that the focus of the team at this time was to identify the source of infection. The consultant advised the patient and her husband that a termination might have to be considered. O&G Consultant 1 added Metronidazole 500 mgs intravenously eight hourly to the patients prescription and this was commenced immediately at 08.30hrs. The patient was to continue on Augmentin (Coamoxiclav).

The report is available here:

http://cdn.thejournal.ie/media/2013/06/savita-halappanavar-hse-report.pdf