Author: Hannah Yasharoff / Source: USA TODAY
Emma Watson addressed the 71st United Nations General Assembly about the need for safety for women and minorities. USA TODAY
Emma Watson, the “Harry Potter” actress better known lately for her role as a women’s rights activist, penned a powerful open letter to the woman who became the rallying cry for legislation reform in Ireland after she was denied an abortion and died soon after.
The actress was invited by the publication to write a letter to Savita Halappanavar, a woman who died following a septic miscarriage in 2012.
“You didn’t want to become the face of a movement; you wanted a procedure that would have saved your life,” Watson began in the letter, published in Net-a-Porter.
“Time and again, when our local and global communities collectively mourn a tragic death due to social injustice, we pay tribute, mobilize and proclaim: rest in power,” Watson continued. “A promise to the departed and a rallying call to society, we chant: never again. But it is rare that justice truly prevails for those whose deaths come to symbolize structural inequality.”
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Last month, Ireland officially overturned its Eighth Amendment, which gave unborn fetuses the same rights as their mothers, heavily restricting abortions.
According to Net-a-Porter, the Irish government is planning to introduce new legislation, dubbed “Savita’s Law,” within the next two months to cover “unrestricted abortions for up to 12 weeks, with exceptions for pregnancies up to 24 weeks if the woman’s health…
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