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Japan approves nation's first abortion pill Mefeego
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
It would provide an alternative to a surgical procedure amid calls for progress in women's reproductive rights and gender equality. In Japan, abortions have been usually performed with metal instruments. As this procedure is invasive, medical experts and others are calling for introduction o
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US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill mifepristone
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A paragraph-long order by the US Supreme Court grants a stay on any restrictions, handing a victory to the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden and mifepristone's manufacturer Danco Laboratories, which had appealed the lower courts' decisions.
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Restricted access to abortions may add to stress in unwanted pregnancies:
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A new study has found that restricted access to abortions will cause stress and psychiatric illnesses for individuals carrying unwanted pregnancies.
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US Senate democrats unveil legislation to guard women who travel across st
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 13 (ANI): In order to protect a person's ability to travel across states for reproductive care like abortions and contraception, a group of Senate Democrats unveiled an important legislation on Tuesday.
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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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'Sad day for court and country,' says Biden on top court decision over abo
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): US President Joe Biden termed the decision by the Supreme Court to overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling and restore the right of states to restrict abortions as a sad day for the court and for the country.
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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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Chinese woman accuses high-ranking executive of pressuring her into aborti
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 6 (ANI): A 23-year-old Chinese woman has accused a high-ranking executive of pressuring her into abortions, media reports said.
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US Supreme Court to hear cases against Texas law banning near-all abortion
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The US Supreme Court is set to hear two challenges on Monday to the highly controversial Texas state law banning near-all abortions.
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Nursing home sealed for illegal abortions in Odisha's Nayagarh; five held
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Nayagarh (Odisha) [India], September 2 (ANI): The District Administration on Wednesday sealed a private nursing home in Odisha's Nayagarh and police detained five including the owner and associate nurse staff of the clinic for allegedly performing illegal abortions.
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Nursing home in J'khand's Giridih sealed for involvement in illegal aborti
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Giridih (Jharkhand) [India], February 19 (ANI): A nursing home in Jharkhand's Giridih has been sealed for its alleged involvement in an illegal abortion, said the State Health Minister Banna Gupta on Friday.
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Uyghur women not 'emancipated' by forced abortions, sterilisations: Pompeo
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reacted sharply to Chinese Embassy tweet about Uighur women being "emancipated" from extremism and were no longer "baby-making machines", stating that forced abortions and sterilizations do not emancipate them.
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