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What Trump's Election Win Could Mean For Abortion Laws In US
Donald Trump's second presidential term could herald a new wave of attacks on abortion access across the United States -- with or without a Republican-controlled Congress.
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Man Rapes Sister-In Law, Forces Her To Abort Pregnancy In Thane: Cops
Police have launched an investigation after a woman lodged an FIR alleging rape by her brother-in-law who forced her to abort her pregnancy in Thane district, an official said on Sunday.
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US State Arizona's Ballot Can Describe Fetuses As "Unborn" Humans: Court
Arizona's supreme court has ruled that a fetus can be described as an "unborn human being" on ballots when voters decide this November whether to make abortion a constitutional right.
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"A Girl Is Not A Mother": Thousands Protest Brazil's New Abortion Bill
Thousands of Brazilians on Thursday rallied against a bill under debate in Congress that would equate abortion with homicide and impose sentences of up to 20 years for terminating a pregnancy after 22 weeks, even in cases of rape.
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"Outrageous": Biden Criticises Florida's 6-Week Abortion Ban
US President Joe Biden criticized Tuesday a Florida Supreme Court ruling that paved the way for an "outrageous" ban on abortion after just six weeks of pregnancy.
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"Legislature Has No Right...": US Senator's Powerful Speech On Abortion Law
A US senator recently shared with her colleagues and the public her decision to undergo an abortion due to the non-viability of her pregnancy.
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France Makes Abortion A Constitutional Right, First Country To Do So
France on Monday enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution, a world first welcomed by women's rights groups as historic and harshly criticised by anti-abortion groups.
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Texas Supreme Court Rules Against US Woman's Abortion Hours After She Leaves State
The Texas Supreme Court on Monday overruled an emergency order allowing a woman to terminate her risky pregnancy, in a decision issued hours after her lawyers said she had left the state to get an abortion.
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New York Passes Bill To Protect Doctors Prescribing Abortion Pills
New York's Democratic-majority state legislature announced Tuesday that it had passed a bill to provide legal protection to doctors prescribing and shipping abortion pills to patients in states that ban the procedure.
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Sex-Determination Based Abortion Perpetuates Gender Inequalities: High Court
Abortion based on sex-determination is a powerful method of perpetuating gender inequalities, the high court said, emphasising the law must have teeth to sternly deal with such situations till attitudinal changes at family level are achieved.
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US Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Abortion Pill Curbs
The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, in an 11th-hour ruling preventing lower court restrictions on the drug from coming into force.
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Canada To End Historical Abortion, Indecency Convictions
The announcement builds on a 2018 law that sought to correct past injustices and created a path for individuals to clear their criminal records.
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US State South Carolina's Supreme Court Overturns Six-Week Abortion Ban
In the first reversal of its kind, South Carolina's Supreme Court overturned a law banning abortion after six weeks on Thursday -- inflicting a major setback for abortion opponents in the conservative, southern state.
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Joe Biden To Announce New Guidelines On Abortion Rights, 100 Days After Supreme Court Ruling
US President Joe Biden will announce new guidelines and grants to protect reproductive rights, and describe how abortion rights have been curtailed since the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to terminating pregnancies.
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Priyanka Chopra Discusses Mansplaining, Abortion Laws With Kamala Harris At White House
Priyanka Chopra on Friday visited the White House and interacted with US Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum.
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What Trump's Election Win Could Mean For Abortion Laws In US
Donald Trump's second presidential term could herald a new wave of attacks on abortion access across the United States -- with or without a Republican-controlled Congress.
-
Man Rapes Sister-In Law, Forces Her To Abort Pregnancy In Thane: Cops
Police have launched an investigation after a woman lodged an FIR alleging rape by her brother-in-law who forced her to abort her pregnancy in Thane district, an official said on Sunday.
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US State Arizona's Ballot Can Describe Fetuses As "Unborn" Humans: Court
Arizona's supreme court has ruled that a fetus can be described as an "unborn human being" on ballots when voters decide this November whether to make abortion a constitutional right.
-
"A Girl Is Not A Mother": Thousands Protest Brazil's New Abortion Bill
Thousands of Brazilians on Thursday rallied against a bill under debate in Congress that would equate abortion with homicide and impose sentences of up to 20 years for terminating a pregnancy after 22 weeks, even in cases of rape.
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"Outrageous": Biden Criticises Florida's 6-Week Abortion Ban
US President Joe Biden criticized Tuesday a Florida Supreme Court ruling that paved the way for an "outrageous" ban on abortion after just six weeks of pregnancy.
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"Legislature Has No Right...": US Senator's Powerful Speech On Abortion Law
A US senator recently shared with her colleagues and the public her decision to undergo an abortion due to the non-viability of her pregnancy.
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France Makes Abortion A Constitutional Right, First Country To Do So
France on Monday enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution, a world first welcomed by women's rights groups as historic and harshly criticised by anti-abortion groups.
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Texas Supreme Court Rules Against US Woman's Abortion Hours After She Leaves State
The Texas Supreme Court on Monday overruled an emergency order allowing a woman to terminate her risky pregnancy, in a decision issued hours after her lawyers said she had left the state to get an abortion.
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New York Passes Bill To Protect Doctors Prescribing Abortion Pills
New York's Democratic-majority state legislature announced Tuesday that it had passed a bill to provide legal protection to doctors prescribing and shipping abortion pills to patients in states that ban the procedure.
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Sex-Determination Based Abortion Perpetuates Gender Inequalities: High Court
Abortion based on sex-determination is a powerful method of perpetuating gender inequalities, the high court said, emphasising the law must have teeth to sternly deal with such situations till attitudinal changes at family level are achieved.
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US Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Abortion Pill Curbs
The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, in an 11th-hour ruling preventing lower court restrictions on the drug from coming into force.
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Canada To End Historical Abortion, Indecency Convictions
The announcement builds on a 2018 law that sought to correct past injustices and created a path for individuals to clear their criminal records.
-
US State South Carolina's Supreme Court Overturns Six-Week Abortion Ban
In the first reversal of its kind, South Carolina's Supreme Court overturned a law banning abortion after six weeks on Thursday -- inflicting a major setback for abortion opponents in the conservative, southern state.
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Joe Biden To Announce New Guidelines On Abortion Rights, 100 Days After Supreme Court Ruling
US President Joe Biden will announce new guidelines and grants to protect reproductive rights, and describe how abortion rights have been curtailed since the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to terminating pregnancies.
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Priyanka Chopra Discusses Mansplaining, Abortion Laws With Kamala Harris At White House
Priyanka Chopra on Friday visited the White House and interacted with US Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum.
