Savita Halappanavar’s parents ‘really, really happy’ after abortion vote

Father asks for legislation to be named ‘Savita’s law’ after thanking Irish people

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

The parents of Savita Halappanavar say they are “really, really happy” the Irish people are on course to deliver a strong ‘Yes’ in the abortion referendum.

Her father Andanappa Yalagi, speaking from the family home in Belgaum, Karnataka in south west India, asked that the legislation to give effect to the referendum result be named ‘Savita’s law’.

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