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Abortion is illegal in Sri Lanka except when it is needed to save the life of the pregnant mother. [1] [2] It is punishable by up to three years imprisonment. [3] Attempts to liberalize abortion law in 1995, 2011, and 2013 were unsuccessful. [3] One 1998 UN report estimated an abortion rate of 45 for every 1,000 women of reproductive age. [3]
The report detailed an "appalling level of infant mortality at mother-and-baby homes," and said "in the years before 1960 mother-and-baby homes did not save the lives of 'illegitimate' children; in fact, they appear to have significantly reduced their prospects of survival." It detailed that around 9,000 children, one in seven of those born in ...
Highlighted by the Dutch current affairs show Zembla in 2017, purportedly 11,000 babies were fraudulently sold for adoption in the 1980s from Sri Lanka to western countries, with the use of baby farms to meet the apparent high demand. [1] [2] [3] 1970s-1980s
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 October 2000: Chandrika Kumaratunga: Minister of Social Services and Fishing Community Housing Development [23] Nimal Siripala de Silva: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 14 September 2001: Minister of Health, Indigenous Medicine and Social Services [24] [25] Sumedha G. Jayasena: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 10 April 2004
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The work, by Queen’s University and Ulster University, found that more than 14,000 girls and women went through the doors of mother and baby homes, Magdalene laundries and other institutions in ...
Maeve O'Rourke is an Irish human rights lawyer. [1] She is known for her involvement in seeking access for survivors and adopted people to their own personal data, and the publication of appropriately anonymised administrative files, contained in 'historical' abuse archives in Ireland including the archives of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, the Ryan Commission that ...