Australia: Abortion decriminalised in New South Wales after lawmakers overturn 119-year-old law

Previously, the century-old law made the termination of pregnancy punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

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· Sep 26, 2019 · 08:28 pm

Karnataka High Court allows rape survivor to abort her 21-week-old foetus

The court also allowed the complainant’s plea to direct the District Legal Services Authority to disburse compensation.

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· Jul 23, 2019 · 07:10 pm

Supreme Court to examine validity of abortion restrictions, issues notice to Centre

A petition said that the abortion law violated fundamental rights and should be declared void and unconstitutional.

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· Jul 15, 2019 · 07:38 pm

Delhi HC issues notice to Centre on plea seeking to extend permissible period to undergo abortion

The public interest litigation also argues that unmarried women and widows should be allowed to undergo abortion legally.

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· May 28, 2019 · 06:05 pm

Donald Trump says he favours abortion in cases of incest, rape or threat to mother’s life

His remarks came four days after the Alabama Senate passed a bill banning abortions except in cases where the mother’s life is in danger.

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· May 19, 2019 · 02:28 pm

US: Alabama Senate passes near-total abortion ban

The legislation bans termination of pregnancy at every stage, including in cases of rape and incest.

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· May 15, 2019 · 11:12 am

Madras HC seeks response from Centre, state on extending abortion period up to 24 weeks

The Madurai bench of the High Court said the central government should come out with a time frame by which the law can be amended.

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· Apr 25, 2019 · 12:41 pm

El Salvador court frees woman accused of trying to abort child after rape

The woman had become pregnant in 2016 after she was sexually abused by her stepfather. She had maintained that she did not know she was pregnant.

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· Dec 18, 2018 · 10:42 am

Ireland: Parliament approves bill to legalise abortion

The legislation now awaits the assent of the president.

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· Dec 14, 2018 · 04:41 pm

Ireland will hold a referendum in May to decide whether the law against abortion should be repealed

An amendment to the Irish law against abortion will allow termination of pregnancy up to 12 weeks on request.

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· Jan 30, 2018 · 06:25 pm

Ireland to hold a referendum on legalising abortion in 2018

Several recent polls in the country have shown that voters approve relaxing the ban on ending pregnancies in the country.

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· Sep 27, 2017 · 06:37 pm

Supreme Court allows 13-year-old rape survivor to abort 31-week foetus without abnormality

Her lawyer said the decision was made to prevent the trauma she would have faced, stressing that it was not about the health of the foetus.

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· Sep 06, 2017 · 03:36 pm