Abyan first asked for a termination on 1 September.
Her friend confirmed that the woman had first asked for a termination when she was eight weeks pregnant.
Halapanavar's husband, Paveen, has claimed that when the couple asked for a termination, fearing for Savita's life, the pair were told: "This is a Catholic country".
Abyan, not her real name, is pregnant as the result of an alleged rape on Nauru, and has been asking for a termination since 1 September.
The 31-year-old, along with her husband Praveen, repeatedly asked for a termination because they believed her life was in danger.
It must seem incomprehensible to people outside Ireland that when Halappanavar asked for a termination knowing that her pregnancy could not survive she was denied one because of the presence of a foetal heartbeat.
Her family said she asked for a termination when she began miscarrying but was refused, a decision they argued led to her death several days later.
Examples were given of women who wanted to deliver prematurely, or asking for a termination, although the obstetricians were not certain that the prognosis for the fetus was worrying.
He says that, having been told she was miscarrying, and after one day in severe pain, Ms Halappanavar asked for a medical termination.
After the 31-year-old dentist was told that she was miscarrying, her husband reportedly said that she had asked for a medical termination a number of times over a three day period, during which she was in severe pain.
Her husband said she had repeatedly asked for a medical termination but he claimed that her request was refused.
