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Married woman seeks permission for termination of 32 week pregnancy; Delhi
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
A married woman moved to the Delhi High Court seeking permission to medically terminate her 32-week pregnancy with an abnormal foetus.
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Delhi's Court grants bail to doctor couple in POCSO case
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Sessions Judge Jitendra Singh recently, while granting regular bail to the female doctor, noted that there has never been any complaint against the accused under PNDT or any illegal termination of pregnancy.
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US Presidential debate: Biden and Trump clash in historic showdown
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
This debate marked the first face-off between a sitting president and a former president in history, covering contentious issues such as abortion, immigration, foreign policy, and inflation.
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US Presidential debate: Biden terms overturning of Roe v Wade "terrible th
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
"The Supreme Court just approved the use of abortion pill. I agree with their decision and I would not block it," Trump said.
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US Supreme Court dismisses Idaho's strict abortion ban
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
This dismissal effectively blocks the enforcement of the state law, which previously permitted abortions only in cases where the life of the pregnant woman was at stake. The court's action came swiftly after the opinion was mistakenly published on its website, highlighting the gravity and ur
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US Supreme Court rejects bid to curb access to abortion pills
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The United States Supreme Court has rejected a bid to restrict access to a medication used in abortions, thereby ending abortion opponents' attempts to limit access to the operation, reported Al Jazeera.
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Louisiana House passes bill to classify abortion drugs as controlled subst
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The process of a medication abortion involves taking mifepristone, which blocks the hormone progesterone necessary for pregnancy continuation, followed by misoprostol within the next 24 to 48 hours to induce uterine contractions.
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Activists decry China's repression, call for ending Uyghur and Tibetan opp
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Abduweli Ayup, a Uyghur linguist and poet accused the Chinese government of implementing forced sterilisations and abortions among the Muslim minority in Xinjiang.
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Pak college implements restrictions on girl students' political participat
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
It's a grim reality that Pakistan ranks among the most challenging countries for women to live in, evident in the denial of social rights, discrimination, honour killings, rapes, abductions, marital abuses, forced marriages, and coerced abortions.
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SC allows abortion of minor rape survivor
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed medical termination of the pregnancy of a 14-year-old rape survivor while noting that continuing the pregnancy may harm the physical and mental health of the minor.
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Florida Court approves 6-week abortion ban, voters to decide fate
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
This ruling marks a departure from decades of legal precedent, effectively empowering Florida to implement restrictive measures on abortion access.
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President Macron seals historic amendment, guarantees abortion as constitu
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The constitutional amendment that the French Parliament had approved earlier in the week was sealed on Friday by President Macron.
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