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US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal abortio
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade, eliminating the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion and ruled that states may regulate the practice of it, according to a media report.
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Thousands gather for pro-abortion rights rally in Los Angeles
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Thousands of people took to the streets in Los Angeles on Saturday as part of a nationwide effort to protect abortion rights amid the controversy triggered by news that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
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Oklahoma signs Texas-styled controversial 6-week abortion-ban into law
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Oklahoma [US], May 4 (ANI): Amid the leaked draft opinion of the Supreme Court to overturn the Roe vs Wade judgment that gave individual abortion rights, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt on Tuesday signed a controversial bill, modelled after the Texas rule, banning abortion beyond six weeks
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Anti-abortion activist climbs 60-storey tower in San Francisco, detained
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
San Francisco [US], May 4 (ANI): Amid the ongoing protests in the US after the apparent leak of a US Supreme Court order overturning a ruling on abortion rights, an "anti-abortion" activist on Tuesday (local time) climbed a 60-storey tower in San Francisco, before being rescued and subsequen
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Nancy Pelosi leads condemnation of SC draft overturning abortion rights in
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 3 (ANI): Following the reports of a draft Supreme Court decision overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that the move will inflict the greatest restriction of rights on Americans in the past 50 years.
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Abortion rights debate revives in US after SC draft overturns Row v. Wade
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 3 (ANI): The US Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade verdict that guaranteed the right to abortion for nearly a half-century and allow each state to decide whether to restrict or ban abortion, reported New York Times, citing a leaked draft opin
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Mandana Karimi reveals she had an abortion
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 10 (ANI): Actor Mandana Karimi, who is currently a part of Kangana Ranaut's show 'Lock Upp', has opened up about her personal experience with abortion.
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U.S. Oklahoma passes bill banning near-all abortions
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Houston [US], April 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The state legislature in Oklahoma, a solid red state in south central United States, on Tuesday passed a bill that would make almost all abortions illegal.
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Uyghur woman who fled forced abortion, dies in China prison
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 31 (ANI): An Uyghur woman who had escaped from a hospital in China after she was asked to terminate her pregnancy, as per China's family planning policy for ethnic minorities, has died in prison, according to a media report.
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Uyghur farmer serving 8-year sentence for saving wife from forced abortion
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 16 (ANI): A Uyghur farmer, sentenced to eight-year imprisonment for saving his wife from forced abortion, died in jail in 2020, said a media report citing another Uyghur in the know of the development and local police officials.
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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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