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India’s highest court has released a decision equalizing access to abortion, correcting a 2021 law that limited access for unmarried women to the 20th week of their pregnancies.
India's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that all women, regardless of marital status, can obtain abortions up to 24 weeks into their pregnancies. Previously, under India’s abortion law, married ...
Before 1971, abortion was criminalized under Section 312 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, [8] describing it as intentionally "causing miscarriage". [9] Except in cases where abortion was carried out to save the life of the woman, it was a punishable offense and criminalized women/providers, with whoever voluntarily caused a woman with child to miscarry [10] facing three years in prison and/or a ...
The evening before the news story broke, the government's expert committee on abortion had handed in its report on the A, B and C v Ireland judgement to the Department of Health. [24] Halappanavar's death led to protests in Galway, particularly from the local Indian community. [25]
Significant deviations in birth sex ratios from the normal range can only be explained by manipulation, that is sex-selective abortion. [12] In a widely cited article, [13] Amartya Sen compared the birth sex ratio in Europe (106) and United States (105+) with those in Asia (107+) and argued that the high sex ratios in East Asia, West Asia and ...
From Boeing's turbulence and a catastrophic hurricane, to Donald Trump's election victory, "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley looks back at key events of a year that was monumental.
A BBC Religions article from 2009 cites Lipner's "Hindu Ethics: Purity, Abortion, and Euthanasia" (1989) and states that if the mother's life is at risk, Hinduism permits abortion. [17] The general value system of Hinduism teaches that the correct course of action in any given situation is the one that causes the least harm to those involved.
The proposal protects abortion access up until a physician determines the point of viability (around 22 to 23 weeks) or if it is medically necessary to save a woman’s life or health after that ...