Ireland legalises abortion: Meet the Indian woman behind the historic move

Ireland's Indian-origin Prime Minister Leo Varadkar today declared victory in the country's historic referendum to overturn a ban on abortions as the first official results showed over 66 per cent backing for repealing the amendment against terminations.

One of the key cases influencing the debate on abortion in Ireland was that of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died of sepsis in a hospital in Galway after being denied an abortion during a protracted miscarriage in 2012.