Posts Tagged ‘inquest’

Irish midwife sorry for ‘Catholic country’ remark

Friday, April 12th, 2013

An Irish midwife has apologised for telling a terminally ill patient she could not have an abortion in Ireland because “it’s a Catholic country”. Ann Maria Burke admitted she made the remark to Savita Halappanavar last October but insisted that it was meant it in kindness. She was testifying at an inquest into the death Read more