Ireland Abortion Row

• Ireland: Bill legalising abortion passes first hurdle

  Legislators in Ireland have voted in favour of a reform that will pave the way for legalising abortion in life-threatening cases.

• Ireland abortion row: Report on Savita Halappanavar's death to be published

  Ireland will publish a long-awaited report into why a miscarrying woman died in an Irish hospital after being refused an abortion, authorities said on Thursday as an opinion poll suggested strong public support for extending abortion rights.

• Ireland abortion row: friend confirms abortion was denied

  A friend of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died after being denied an abortion in Ireland, testified during an inquest on Tuesday that medical staff at Galway University Hospital refused to carry out the termination of her pregnancy.

• Irish PM dismisses Pope's criticism of change in abortion laws

  Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny on Wednesday weighed into the country's abortion debate to dismiss the Pope's criticism of proposed new laws.

• Irish panel begins hearing submissions on new abortion laws

  More than two months after an Indian dentist died in Ireland after being refused termination of an unviable pregnancy, a committee set up by the Irish Parliament on Tuesday began hearing submissions from medical and legal experts along with religious leaders on drafting new abortion laws.

• Ireland abortion row: Savita Halappanawar's husband unhappy with delay in report into her death

  Praveen Halappanavar, husband of an Indian dentist who died after being denied an abortion in Ireland, is "not at all happy" with the authorities' failure to deliver a preliminary report into his wife's death before Christmas, and has been told to wait till the "end of January, possibly February."

• Ireland abortion row: Savita Halappanavar's husband demands 'full public inquiry' into her death

  Praveen Halappanavar, the husband of Savita who died in Ireland after doctors refused to terminate her pregnancy despite miscarrying, has demanded a "full public inquiry" into the circumstances surrounding her wife's death.

• Ireland must clarify on abortion issue: Amnesty

  Observing that the tragic death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar illustrates a gap in Irish law, rights group Amnesty has asked Ireland to ensure that its domestic policy on access to abortion is in line with international human rights law.

• Abortion row: India summons Irish envoy, tells him New Delhi should be kept informed

  Ireland's envoy to India was summoned today to formally raise New Delhi's concerns over the death of Savita Halappanavar, an Indian dentist who died in a hospital there from blood poisoning after doctors refused to terminate her pregnancy.