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22 Apr 2024

Supreme Court Allows 14-Year-Old Rape Survivor To Abort 30-Week Pregnancy

The Supreme Court of India gave a 14-year-old rape survivor the freedom to terminate her 30-week pregnancy on Monday, April 22, 2024, in a historic ruling.

05 Mar 2024

DNA: 'Guarantee of abortion' in France...right or wrong?

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05 Mar 2024

France Becomes First Country To Constitutionalise Women’s Right To Abortion

The initiative was endorsed by legislators from both houses of the French Parliament, with a majority of 780 to 72 in favour, achieving the required three-fifths threshold to amend the French constitution.

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05 Mar 2024

Abortion Constitutional Right: France makes abortion a constitutional right

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26 Oct 2022

SC to examine validity of age restriction for conducting tests before abortion

SC was hearing a plea filed by petitioner Meera Karuna Patel, who is also an advocate. She referred to Section 4(3)(i) of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 to contend that the age restriction of 35 years is a restriction on the reproductive rights of women.

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21 Jul 2022

LANDMARK Judgement: SC says RIGHT TO ABORTION for unmarried women...

The top court noted that after the 2021 amendment, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act uses the word "partner" instead of "husband" in the explanation of Section 3. It added that it shows legislative intent to cover unmarried women under the Act.

27 Jun 2022

Roe v. Wade case: John Oliver calls US Supreme Court's verdict 'utterly...'

John Oliver wasted no time addressing the raging topic of the United States Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade. Oliver said the move is "absolutely horrifying" given that about half of the 50 U.S. states are likely to ban abortion.

27 Jun 2022

Jodie Sweetin thrown to ground by LAPD at abortion rights protest

Jodie Sweetin from 'Full House' was pushed to the ground by a Los Angeles Police Department officer. She was attending a rally to protest against the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

25 Jun 2022

Roe vs Wade overturned: Trump reacts to threat to women's abortion rights

Donald Trump praised the US Supreme Court's decision overruling a woman's right to an abortion The Supreme Court on Friday voted 5-3 to overturn Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed a woman's constitutional right to abortion

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24 Jun 2022

Roe v. Wade overturned: Joe Biden says a 'sad day for the US'

Roe v. Wade is the landmark 1973 decision that legalised abortion nationwide in the US The White House has been preparing for this moment since a draft of the decision leaked in May Biden said his administration would defend a woman's right to cross state lines to seek an abortion

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24 Jun 2022

Roe v Wade overturned - Abortion rights struck down by US Supreme Court

The court struck down the landmark Roe vs Wade decision As per a study, in total, abortion access is expected to be cut off for about 36 million women of reproductive age It puts the court at odds with a majority of Americans who favoured preserving Roe, according to opinion polls

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