(CNN) -- Ireland's strict anti-abortion laws are under fire after an Indian woman living there died after being refused an abortion last month. Savita Halappanavar, 31, went into a hospital on October 21, complaining of back pain. She was 17 weeks pregnant at the time. The doctors who examined her told her she was having a miscarriage but denied her an abortion even though she was in extreme pain, her husband has said. Halappanavar died at the hospital, leading lawmakers to call for an investigation into what role abortion laws may have played in her death. "They knew they couldn't help the baby. Why did they not look at the bigger life?" her husband, Praveen Halappanavar, told the Irish Times.
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Savita Halappanavar, who was 17 weeks pregnant, went into a hospital complaining of back pain
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Doctors said she was having a miscarriage that would end in a matter of hours, report says
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Halappanavar's husband sought an abortion to end the pain, but doctors refused, citing law
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Her death led to protests, and top Irish lawmakers are discussing a change to the law
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