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Restricted abortion access linked to increased suicide risk in young women
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In findings published in JAMA Psychiatry, Ran Barzilay of the Perelman School of Medicine and CHOP, Jonathan Zandberg of the Wharton School, and Rebecca Waller of Penn's Department of Psychology in the School of Arts & Sciences show that restricting abortion access is linked to increased
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SC says married woman's forceful pregnancy can be considered "marital rape
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday said that forceful pregnancy of a married woman can be treated as "marital rape" for the purposes of abortion.
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SC says all women, married or unmarried, entitled to safe and legal aborti
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Supreme Court on Thursday, in a landmark judgement, held that all women are entitled to safe and legal abortion.
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SC favours to include unmarried women under abortion law
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): Insisting on a "forward-looking" approach, the Supreme Court has opined that any discrimination between married and unmarried women in respect of medical termination of pregnancy law in India that does not allow a single woman to go for abortion after 20 we
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US: New Mexico governor issues order to protect access to abortion
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 28 (ANI/Xinhua): New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed an executive order to protect women seeking abortions and abortion providers in the southwestern state after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade Friday.
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Roe vs Wade: Overturning of 50-year-old abortion law creates uproar in Uni
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Friday's decision by the US Supreme Court which overturns the 50-year-old Roe vs Wade judgement guaranteeing access to abortion across the United States, is being described by the UN experts as "a huge blow to women's human rights and gender equality."
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Lizzo slams Texas' anti-abortion law
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 14 (ANI): American singer-songwriter Lizzo has criticized the recently passed anti-abortion law in Texas.
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Reform Sri Lanka's draconian abortion law, says rights group
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 10 (ANI): Raising concerns about the restrictive abortion laws of the country, the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the government should move promptly to reform the law and go further to uphold women's equal rights by allowing all-woman access to abortio
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US Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments on Texas Abortion Law on Novembe
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [United States of America], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on November 1 in the case of whether the federal government can sue the state of Texas over the legislation banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, court documents revealed o
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Billie Eilish slams Texas over abortion law during Austin performance
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish has slammed the state of Texas over its recent controversial abortion law while performing at Austin City Limits over the weekend.
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South Korea to legalise abortions within 14 weeks without reasons
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea has decided to amend the anti-abortion law with the right granted to a woman to terminate the pregnancy in the period within 14 weeks at her request without any reasons, the South Korean Ministry of Justice announced on Wednesday.
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Tiffany Haddish postpones her Atlanta tour
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 16 (ANI): American actor Tiffany Haddish has rescheduled her forthcoming Atlanta tour in the wake of Georgia's new restrictive abortion law.
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