This week marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Savita Halappanavar in University Hospital Galway. The young dentist, 17 weeks pregnant, had asked for an abortion but the hospital refused and she died of sepsis on October 28, 2012. This tragic event was used by abortion campaigners as a hammer to legalise abortion in […]
Author Archives: Pravin Thevathasan
Dr Pravin Thevathasan was born in Sri Lanka and educated at Clifton College in Bristol and the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in London. After obtaining his medical degree, he trained in psychiatry and is now a consultant psychiatrist working in England. He has been a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists since 1992 and has a Master’s degree in medical ethics and law. He is the editor of the Catholic Medical Quarterly.
