Voters in Ireland approved a ban on abortion in the country’s constitution about 40 years ago. But over the decades, attitudes towards abortion have shifted, so much so that the Irish legalized abortion in 2018. Emily Siner reports from Dublin on one galvanizing event that helped change public opinion: the death of dentist Savita Halappanavar, after she was denied an abortion in 2012.
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