In December 2010, in the case A, B and C v Ireland, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the state had infringed a complainant's rights by not providing clear information on whether she was entitled to an abortion.[9] The state had a year to respond officially, and after the 2011 general election, the new coalition government decided in December 2011 to appoint an expert group to advise on how to implement the ECHR judgment. The committee reported in November 2012, offering four possibilities: 1) non-statutory guidelines 2) statutory regulations 3) legislation only and 4) legislation plus regulations.[10] The previous month, the death of Savita Halappanavar, of septicaemia after a miscarriage, was linked to the abortion debate. In December, the government decided to pursue option 4 in the expert group's report: legislation plus regulations.[11]