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Abortion Pill Mifepristone Access Restored Via Telehealth, Mail After US Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortions are availed across the United States.
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"Change Your Law": Supreme Court To Centre Over Teen Pregnancy Termination
"We respect individual choices, so should you" Justice Joymalya Bagchi said, reprimanding the government for pressing a curative petition challenging the court's decision to allow a 15-year-old rape surivovr to terminate her pregnancy.
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Russia Plans To Refer Women Who Don't Want Children To Psychologists
Russia will refer women who do not want to have children to psychologists under new health guidelines designed to address a systemic demographic crisis.
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"We're Not Wombs": Japanese Women Fight Against Sterilisation Restrictions
Kazane Kajiya and four other women are now challenging the constitutionality of Japan's decades-old "maternity protection" law, one of the world's most restrictive barriers to sterilisation.
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'My Mother Crushed My Stomach With A Stone': Tales Of Abortion In Afghanistan
The Taliban -- who follow a strict interpretation of Islam -- did not change the abortion laws when they returned to power in 2021.
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New Sicilian Law Challenges Italy's Abortion Taboos
Monia, a Sicilian woman in her early 40s, was overjoyed to discover that she was expecting her first child. However, Monia's foetus had a genetic syndrome due to her age and an abortion was needed. Her doctor was a conscientious objector of abortions
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Abortions In US Rose In 2024 Due To Telehealth Prescriptions: Report
The number of abortions in the US rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out Monday.
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Baby Born To Brain-Dead US Woman Kept Alive Due To Abortion Law
A brain-dead pregnant woman who was kept alive in the southern US state of Georgia due to local abortion restrictions has given birth, officials said -- with the mother then removed from life support.
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Georgia's Brain Dead Woman Delivers Prematurely, Baby On Life Support
The baby of a woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead and has been on life support since February was delivered early Friday morning, her mother said.
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New Law In US State Could Lead To Prosecution Of Women After Miscarriage
West Virginia's stringent abortion laws may subject women to legal scrutiny following miscarriages, particularly concerning the handling of fetal remains.
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Why Adriana Smith, A Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman, Is Being Kept Alive In US
Adriana Smith has remained on life support for over three months.
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Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman In US Kept Alive Due To Abortion Ban: Family
A 30-year-old pregnant woman in the southeastern US state of Georgia has been kept on life support for three months -- despite being declared brain-dead -- due to the state's abortion restrictions, the woman's mother says.
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Brain-Dead Woman Forced To Carry Fetus To Birth In US Because Of Abortion Ban
The law, known as the "heartbeat law," restricts abortion once cardiac activity is detected, which is generally around six weeks into pregnancy.
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Georgia's Abortion Ban Forces Brain Dead Woman To Carry Fetus To Birth
A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered, a move hospital said was required under the state's strict anti-abortion law.
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Trump Pardons 23 Anti-Abortion Protesters
US President Donald Trump signed pardons Thursday for 23 anti-abortion protesters whom the White House said were prosecuted under his predecessor Joe Biden's administration.
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Abortion Pill Mifepristone Access Restored Via Telehealth, Mail After US Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortions are availed across the United States.
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"Change Your Law": Supreme Court To Centre Over Teen Pregnancy Termination
"We respect individual choices, so should you" Justice Joymalya Bagchi said, reprimanding the government for pressing a curative petition challenging the court's decision to allow a 15-year-old rape surivovr to terminate her pregnancy.
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Russia Plans To Refer Women Who Don't Want Children To Psychologists
Russia will refer women who do not want to have children to psychologists under new health guidelines designed to address a systemic demographic crisis.
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"We're Not Wombs": Japanese Women Fight Against Sterilisation Restrictions
Kazane Kajiya and four other women are now challenging the constitutionality of Japan's decades-old "maternity protection" law, one of the world's most restrictive barriers to sterilisation.
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'My Mother Crushed My Stomach With A Stone': Tales Of Abortion In Afghanistan
The Taliban -- who follow a strict interpretation of Islam -- did not change the abortion laws when they returned to power in 2021.
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New Sicilian Law Challenges Italy's Abortion Taboos
Monia, a Sicilian woman in her early 40s, was overjoyed to discover that she was expecting her first child. However, Monia's foetus had a genetic syndrome due to her age and an abortion was needed. Her doctor was a conscientious objector of abortions
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Abortions In US Rose In 2024 Due To Telehealth Prescriptions: Report
The number of abortions in the US rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out Monday.
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Baby Born To Brain-Dead US Woman Kept Alive Due To Abortion Law
A brain-dead pregnant woman who was kept alive in the southern US state of Georgia due to local abortion restrictions has given birth, officials said -- with the mother then removed from life support.
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Georgia's Brain Dead Woman Delivers Prematurely, Baby On Life Support
The baby of a woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead and has been on life support since February was delivered early Friday morning, her mother said.
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New Law In US State Could Lead To Prosecution Of Women After Miscarriage
West Virginia's stringent abortion laws may subject women to legal scrutiny following miscarriages, particularly concerning the handling of fetal remains.
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Why Adriana Smith, A Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman, Is Being Kept Alive In US
Adriana Smith has remained on life support for over three months.
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Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman In US Kept Alive Due To Abortion Ban: Family
A 30-year-old pregnant woman in the southeastern US state of Georgia has been kept on life support for three months -- despite being declared brain-dead -- due to the state's abortion restrictions, the woman's mother says.
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Brain-Dead Woman Forced To Carry Fetus To Birth In US Because Of Abortion Ban
The law, known as the "heartbeat law," restricts abortion once cardiac activity is detected, which is generally around six weeks into pregnancy.
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Georgia's Abortion Ban Forces Brain Dead Woman To Carry Fetus To Birth
A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered, a move hospital said was required under the state's strict anti-abortion law.
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Trump Pardons 23 Anti-Abortion Protesters
US President Donald Trump signed pardons Thursday for 23 anti-abortion protesters whom the White House said were prosecuted under his predecessor Joe Biden's administration.
