{"id":8669,"date":"2018-04-11T14:27:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T21:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8669"},"modified":"2018-08-22T14:34:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T21:34:00","slug":"majority-of-gps-favour-eighth-amendment-repeal-campaigner-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8669","title":{"rendered":"Majority of GPs favour Eighth Amendment repeal, campaigner claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Halappanavar death a watershed moment, pro-choice GP campaigner says<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Irish Times<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Barry Roche<\/p>\n<p>A significant majority of general practitioners now favour repeal of the Eighth Amendment, marking a significant change in doctors&#8217; views over the past 15 years, according to long-time campaigner for abortion services Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/topics\/topics-7.1213540?article=true&amp;tag_person=Mary+Favier\"> Mary Favier.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She says the death of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/topics\/topics-7.1213540?article=true&amp;tag_person=Savita+Halappanavar\"> Savita Halappanavar<\/a> in 2012 proved a watershed moment for GPs, as much as for the general public.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The death of Savita Halappanavar: that was the watershed moment \u2013 as much for GPs as for society at large,&#8221; she said. &#8220;There were just so many people upset, right-minded people who just said: &#8216;Oh my goodness, that&#8217;s dreadful, how could this possibly happen?&#8217; &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Halappanavar died at University Hospital Galway a week after she presented with back pain and was found to be miscarrying, 17 weeks into a pregnancy. Although the pregnancy was not viable, her requests for termination were refused because there was a foetal heartbeat. She then contracted sepsis and died of multi-organ failure and septic shock. . . <strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\/ireland\/irish-news\/majority-of-gps-favour-eighth-amendment-repeal-campaigner-claims-1.3457371\">Full text<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halappanavar death a watershed moment, pro-choice GP campaigner says Irish Times Barry Roche A significant majority of general practitioners now favour repeal of the Eighth Amendment, marking a significant change in doctors&#8217; views over the past 15 years, according to long-time campaigner for abortion services Dr Mary Favier. She says the death of Savita Halappanavar &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8669\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Majority of GPs favour Eighth Amendment repeal, campaigner claims&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,41,9],"tags":[3492,3523,3522,3491,315],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-ireland","category-news","tag-doctors-for-choice-ireland","tag-irish-college-of-general-practitioners","tag-juliet-bressan","tag-mary-favier","tag-savita-halappanavar"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Majority of GPs favour Eighth Amendment repeal, campaigner claims - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8669\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Majority of GPs favour Eighth Amendment repeal, campaigner claims - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Halappanavar death a watershed moment, pro-choice GP campaigner says Irish Times Barry Roche A significant majority of general practitioners now favour repeal of the Eighth Amendment, marking a significant change in doctors&#8217; views over the past 15 years, according to long-time campaigner for abortion services Dr Mary Favier. 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