Ireland / NationalTurk – Reacting to 31-year old dentist Savita Halappanavar’s death, Hindu leader Rajan Zed stated that it was 2012 and in view of its increasingly diverse, pluralistic and multicultural society, Ireland needed to relook at some of its outdated laws dating back to 1861 and introduce reform.
Rajan Zed, who is President of Enda Kenny noted that global Hindu community was highly disturbed over Halappanavar’s death in University Hospital Galway in Ireland).
Ireland : Are its laws outdated ?
Ireland should ensure the world that no one would die in similar circumstances in the future. How can one see this tragedy as “pro-life”? Zed asked.
Halappanavar appeared to have been forced to abide by a religious doctrine of the majority to which she did not belong, Rajan Zed argued.
Zed stated that human rights, women’s rights and rights of religious minorities seemed to have been sacrificed for electoral greed in Ireland. Leaders of this country of James Joyce, Robert Boyle, William Butler Yeats, Saint Patrick, U2, Undertones, shamrocks, 40 shades of green, Emerald Isle, should exhibit strong political will and European Union should take tough line on Ireland on this issue.
Although no amount of money could possibly match this tragedy and human loss, but Halappanavar’s family should be adequately compensated, Rajan Zed added.
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