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Why Adriana Smith, A Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman, Is Being Kept Alive In US
- Saturday May 17, 2025
- World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
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
- Saturday May 17, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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
- Friday May 16, 2025
- World News | Edited by Anushree Jonko
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
- Friday May 16, 2025
- World News | Associated Press
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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www.ndtv.com
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What Trump's Election Win Could Mean For Abortion Laws In US
- Wednesday November 6, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Donald Trump's second presidential term could herald a new wave of attacks on abortion access across the United States -- with or without a Republican-controlled Congress.
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Man Rapes Sister-In Law, Forces Her To Abort Pregnancy In Thane: Cops
- Sunday September 22, 2024
- India News | Press Trust of India
Police have launched an investigation after a woman lodged an FIR alleging rape by her brother-in-law who forced her to abort her pregnancy in Thane district, an official said on Sunday.
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www.ndtv.com
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US State Arizona's Ballot Can Describe Fetuses As "Unborn" Humans: Court
- Thursday August 15, 2024
- India News | Agence France-Presse
Arizona's supreme court has ruled that a fetus can be described as an "unborn human being" on ballots when voters decide this November whether to make abortion a constitutional right.
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"A Girl Is Not A Mother": Thousands Protest Brazil's New Abortion Bill
- Friday June 14, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Thousands of Brazilians on Thursday rallied against a bill under debate in Congress that would equate abortion with homicide and impose sentences of up to 20 years for terminating a pregnancy after 22 weeks, even in cases of rape.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Outrageous": Biden Criticises Florida's 6-Week Abortion Ban
- Tuesday April 2, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
US President Joe Biden criticized Tuesday a Florida Supreme Court ruling that paved the way for an "outrageous" ban on abortion after just six weeks of pregnancy.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Legislature Has No Right...": US Senator's Powerful Speech On Abortion Law
- Thursday March 21, 2024
- World News | NDTV News Desk
A US senator recently shared with her colleagues and the public her decision to undergo an abortion due to the non-viability of her pregnancy.
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www.ndtv.com
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France Makes Abortion A Constitutional Right, First Country To Do So
- Tuesday March 5, 2024
- World News | Reuters
France on Monday enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution, a world first welcomed by women's rights groups as historic and harshly criticised by anti-abortion groups.
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www.ndtv.com
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Texas Supreme Court Rules Against US Woman's Abortion Hours After She Leaves State
- Tuesday December 12, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Texas Supreme Court on Monday overruled an emergency order allowing a woman to terminate her risky pregnancy, in a decision issued hours after her lawyers said she had left the state to get an abortion.
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www.ndtv.com
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New York Passes Bill To Protect Doctors Prescribing Abortion Pills
- Wednesday June 21, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
New York's Democratic-majority state legislature announced Tuesday that it had passed a bill to provide legal protection to doctors prescribing and shipping abortion pills to patients in states that ban the procedure.
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www.ndtv.com
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Sex-Determination Based Abortion Perpetuates Gender Inequalities: High Court
- Tuesday April 25, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
Abortion based on sex-determination is a powerful method of perpetuating gender inequalities, the high court said, emphasising the law must have teeth to sternly deal with such situations till attitudinal changes at family level are achieved.
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www.ndtv.com
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US Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Abortion Pill Curbs
- Saturday April 15, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, in an 11th-hour ruling preventing lower court restrictions on the drug from coming into force.
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www.ndtv.com
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Why Adriana Smith, A Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman, Is Being Kept Alive In US
- Saturday May 17, 2025
- World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
Adriana Smith has remained on life support for over three months.
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www.ndtv.com
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Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman In US Kept Alive Due To Abortion Ban: Family
- Saturday May 17, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
-
www.ndtv.com
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Brain-Dead Woman Forced To Carry Fetus To Birth In US Because Of Abortion Ban
- Friday May 16, 2025
- World News | Edited by Anushree Jonko
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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www.ndtv.com
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Georgia's Abortion Ban Forces Brain Dead Woman To Carry Fetus To Birth
- Friday May 16, 2025
- World News | Associated Press
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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www.ndtv.com
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What Trump's Election Win Could Mean For Abortion Laws In US
- Wednesday November 6, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Donald Trump's second presidential term could herald a new wave of attacks on abortion access across the United States -- with or without a Republican-controlled Congress.
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www.ndtv.com
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Man Rapes Sister-In Law, Forces Her To Abort Pregnancy In Thane: Cops
- Sunday September 22, 2024
- India News | Press Trust of India
Police have launched an investigation after a woman lodged an FIR alleging rape by her brother-in-law who forced her to abort her pregnancy in Thane district, an official said on Sunday.
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www.ndtv.com
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US State Arizona's Ballot Can Describe Fetuses As "Unborn" Humans: Court
- Thursday August 15, 2024
- India News | Agence France-Presse
Arizona's supreme court has ruled that a fetus can be described as an "unborn human being" on ballots when voters decide this November whether to make abortion a constitutional right.
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www.ndtv.com
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"A Girl Is Not A Mother": Thousands Protest Brazil's New Abortion Bill
- Friday June 14, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Thousands of Brazilians on Thursday rallied against a bill under debate in Congress that would equate abortion with homicide and impose sentences of up to 20 years for terminating a pregnancy after 22 weeks, even in cases of rape.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Outrageous": Biden Criticises Florida's 6-Week Abortion Ban
- Tuesday April 2, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
US President Joe Biden criticized Tuesday a Florida Supreme Court ruling that paved the way for an "outrageous" ban on abortion after just six weeks of pregnancy.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Legislature Has No Right...": US Senator's Powerful Speech On Abortion Law
- Thursday March 21, 2024
- World News | NDTV News Desk
A US senator recently shared with her colleagues and the public her decision to undergo an abortion due to the non-viability of her pregnancy.
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www.ndtv.com
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France Makes Abortion A Constitutional Right, First Country To Do So
- Tuesday March 5, 2024
- World News | Reuters
France on Monday enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution, a world first welcomed by women's rights groups as historic and harshly criticised by anti-abortion groups.
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www.ndtv.com
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Texas Supreme Court Rules Against US Woman's Abortion Hours After She Leaves State
- Tuesday December 12, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Texas Supreme Court on Monday overruled an emergency order allowing a woman to terminate her risky pregnancy, in a decision issued hours after her lawyers said she had left the state to get an abortion.
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www.ndtv.com
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New York Passes Bill To Protect Doctors Prescribing Abortion Pills
- Wednesday June 21, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
New York's Democratic-majority state legislature announced Tuesday that it had passed a bill to provide legal protection to doctors prescribing and shipping abortion pills to patients in states that ban the procedure.
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www.ndtv.com
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Sex-Determination Based Abortion Perpetuates Gender Inequalities: High Court
- Tuesday April 25, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
Abortion based on sex-determination is a powerful method of perpetuating gender inequalities, the high court said, emphasising the law must have teeth to sternly deal with such situations till attitudinal changes at family level are achieved.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
US Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Abortion Pill Curbs
- Saturday April 15, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, in an 11th-hour ruling preventing lower court restrictions on the drug from coming into force.
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www.ndtv.com