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Emma Watson pays 'deepest respect' to Savita Halappanavar
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 1 (ANI): Emma Watson has penned a moving open letter to Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who passed away in 2012 after being denied abortion in Ireland.
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Love Matters India launches first film on safe abortion to create awarenes
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 25 (NewsVoir): To mark the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, on 28 September, Love Matters, India's first digital platform on sexual health, is launching a new campaign calling for support for women seeking abortion.
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Bombay HC allows woman to terminate pregnancy in 30th week
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 22 (ANI): The Bombay High Court on Friday permitted a 22-year old woman from Nashik to abort her pregnancy in the 30th week.
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Dehradun: Nine held for gang-rape of minor
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Sep 19 (ANI): Nine people -including five staffers and four students of a Dehradun school, were arrested for the alleged gang-rape of a class 10 student.
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Argentina's Senate trashes bill to legalise abortion
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Bueno Aires [Argentina], August 9 (ANI): Argentina's Senate on Thursday rejected a proposed bill on legalising elective abortion in the country.
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Woman with foetus in bag goes to file rape case
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Amroha (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 22 (ANI): In a shocking incident, a woman reached the police station with a five-month-old foetus in a bag to file a rape complaint on Saturday.
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Does abortion lead to depression?
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): Having an abortion does not lead to depression in women, a study recently concluded.
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Savita's parents hail legalisation of abortion in Ireland
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Belagavi [Karnataka], May 28 (ANI): Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old dentist, died at University Hospital Galway in Ireland in 2012 following a septic miscarriage after she was denied an abortion.
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Ireland votes for change; legalises abortion
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], May 27 (ANI): Thousands of people in Ireland voted for a change in the Constitution on Friday, in order to legalise abortion in a Catholic-dominated republic.
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How tragic death of a young Indian woman sparked history-making vote in Ir
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Thousands of people in Ireland are celebrating after the country voted overwhelmingly to change the constitution so that abortion can be legalised.
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Polls open in Irish referendum to repeal abortion ban
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], May 25 (ANI): Irish voters are casting votes to decide whether to repeal the eighth amendment in the country's constitution which bans abortions under any circumstances.
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US: Iowa enacts most restrictive abortion ban
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 5 (ANI): Governor of United States' Iowa, Kim Reynolds on Friday signed a legislation, called "the heartbeat bill," that forbids doctors from performing an abortion if a fetal heartbeat is detected, CNN reported.
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