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From Period Tracking Apps to Location Data: How Tech Affects Privacy in a Post Roe v. Wade World
After the US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalised abortion across the country, Big Tech is facing calls to limit surveillance and tracking of users. There is evidence that personal data that is collected can be misused and abused, including location data, text messages, search histories, emails and seemingly innocuo...
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Amazon Places Purchase Limit on Emergency Contraceptive Pills After US Supreme Court Ruling
Amazon has placed a temporary purchase limit of three units per week on emergency contraceptive pills, the company said. The move comes days after the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe vs Wade ruling.
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Centre's New Rules For Abortion Till 24 Weeks Of Pregnancy
The government has notified new rules under which the gestational limit for termination of a pregnancy has been increased from 20 to 24 weeks for certain categories of women.
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Parliament Passes Bill To Raise Upper Limit For Abortions To 24 Weeks In Special Cases
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to raise the upper limit for permitting abortions from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks for "special categories of women" including rape survivors, victims of incest, minors and the differently-abled.
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Rajya Sabha Passes Bill To Raise Legal Abortion Upper Limit To 24 Weeks
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the bill that provides for raising the upper limit for legal termination of pregnancy from 20 to 24 weeks and expands the access of women to safe and legal abortion services on "therapeutic, eugenic, humanitarian and social grounds".
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US Rejects UN Rights Panel Upholding Access To Abortions During Pandemic
The United States on Wednesday hit back at a UN women's rights panel that said some US states limited access to abortions during the COVID-19 pandemic, rejecting its interference and the notion of "an assumed right to abortion".
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Bill To Extend Upper Limit Of Abortion To 24 Weeks Introduced In Lok Sabha
A bill that seeks to extend the upper limit for permitting abortions from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks was introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday.
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Abortions To Be Allowed At 24 Weeks, Government Approves Changes To Law
The government has extended the upper limit for permitting abortions to 24 weeks, from the current 20 weeks, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters at a Cabinet briefing today
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Court Seeks Centre's Reply On Plea To Raise Period To Terminate Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court sought the Centre's response Tuesday on a PIL for raising the time limit for terminating pregnancy in case of health risk to the mother or the foetus to 24-26 weeks, from the current cap of 20 weeks.
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20-Week Abortion Limit Puts Indian Women At Risk, Say Campaigners
Mumbai: They didn’t pop open boxes of sweets or send out excited phone messages when their first child was born at public hospital on a rainy Mumbai night in July. The couple had known from the 24th week of the pregnancy that their child would be born with Arnold Chiari Type II syndrome – a structural defect in the brain. Since abortions in In...
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Indian-Origin British Minister Priti Patel Urged To Counter Donald Trump's 'Global Gag'
British MPs have urged Indian-origin Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel to take urgent action to support charities that provide women with information on abortion in an effort to limit the impact of one of Donald Trumps first acts as US President.
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Irish Parliament Rejects Limited Abortion Bill
The Irish parliament on Thursday rejected proposed legislation to allow abortion in Ireland in cases of fatal foetal abnormality.
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Chile Lawmakers Authorize Abortion In Limited Cases
Lawmakers in Chile's lower house of Congress on Thursday approved abortion in limited circumstances, the first step towards lifting a decades-old ban on the practice in the socially conservative South American country.
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US Top Court Strikes Down Abortion-Clinic Buffer Zone
Buffer zones around abortion clinics in the state of Massachusetts were deemed unconstitutional on Thursday by the US Supreme Court on grounds that they limit freedom of expression.
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Ireland approves 'life-saving' abortions for first time
Irish lawmakers on Friday overwhelmingly approved abortion for the first time in limited cases where the mother's life is at risk, in a vote that revealed deep divisions in the predominantly Catholic nation.
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From Period Tracking Apps to Location Data: How Tech Affects Privacy in a Post Roe v. Wade World
After the US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalised abortion across the country, Big Tech is facing calls to limit surveillance and tracking of users. There is evidence that personal data that is collected can be misused and abused, including location data, text messages, search histories, emails and seemingly innocuo...
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Amazon Places Purchase Limit on Emergency Contraceptive Pills After US Supreme Court Ruling
Amazon has placed a temporary purchase limit of three units per week on emergency contraceptive pills, the company said. The move comes days after the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe vs Wade ruling.
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Centre's New Rules For Abortion Till 24 Weeks Of Pregnancy
The government has notified new rules under which the gestational limit for termination of a pregnancy has been increased from 20 to 24 weeks for certain categories of women.
-
Parliament Passes Bill To Raise Upper Limit For Abortions To 24 Weeks In Special Cases
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to raise the upper limit for permitting abortions from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks for "special categories of women" including rape survivors, victims of incest, minors and the differently-abled.
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Rajya Sabha Passes Bill To Raise Legal Abortion Upper Limit To 24 Weeks
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the bill that provides for raising the upper limit for legal termination of pregnancy from 20 to 24 weeks and expands the access of women to safe and legal abortion services on "therapeutic, eugenic, humanitarian and social grounds".
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US Rejects UN Rights Panel Upholding Access To Abortions During Pandemic
The United States on Wednesday hit back at a UN women's rights panel that said some US states limited access to abortions during the COVID-19 pandemic, rejecting its interference and the notion of "an assumed right to abortion".
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Bill To Extend Upper Limit Of Abortion To 24 Weeks Introduced In Lok Sabha
A bill that seeks to extend the upper limit for permitting abortions from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks was introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday.
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Abortions To Be Allowed At 24 Weeks, Government Approves Changes To Law
The government has extended the upper limit for permitting abortions to 24 weeks, from the current 20 weeks, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters at a Cabinet briefing today
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Court Seeks Centre's Reply On Plea To Raise Period To Terminate Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court sought the Centre's response Tuesday on a PIL for raising the time limit for terminating pregnancy in case of health risk to the mother or the foetus to 24-26 weeks, from the current cap of 20 weeks.
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20-Week Abortion Limit Puts Indian Women At Risk, Say Campaigners
Mumbai: They didn’t pop open boxes of sweets or send out excited phone messages when their first child was born at public hospital on a rainy Mumbai night in July. The couple had known from the 24th week of the pregnancy that their child would be born with Arnold Chiari Type II syndrome – a structural defect in the brain. Since abortions in In...
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Indian-Origin British Minister Priti Patel Urged To Counter Donald Trump's 'Global Gag'
British MPs have urged Indian-origin Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel to take urgent action to support charities that provide women with information on abortion in an effort to limit the impact of one of Donald Trumps first acts as US President.
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Irish Parliament Rejects Limited Abortion Bill
The Irish parliament on Thursday rejected proposed legislation to allow abortion in Ireland in cases of fatal foetal abnormality.
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Chile Lawmakers Authorize Abortion In Limited Cases
Lawmakers in Chile's lower house of Congress on Thursday approved abortion in limited circumstances, the first step towards lifting a decades-old ban on the practice in the socially conservative South American country.
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US Top Court Strikes Down Abortion-Clinic Buffer Zone
Buffer zones around abortion clinics in the state of Massachusetts were deemed unconstitutional on Thursday by the US Supreme Court on grounds that they limit freedom of expression.
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Ireland approves 'life-saving' abortions for first time
Irish lawmakers on Friday overwhelmingly approved abortion for the first time in limited cases where the mother's life is at risk, in a vote that revealed deep divisions in the predominantly Catholic nation.
