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Prior to 2002, Nepal had strict anti-abortion laws which ensured not only the imprisonment of the pregnant women who seek abortion but also their family members. In fact about 20% of women prisoners were imprisoned for abortion-related choices. [7] According to the law, women had access to legal abortion only under the following conditions
In Nepal, abortion was legalized in 2002, but a study in 2009 found that only half of women knew that abortion was legalized. [98] Many people also do not understand the laws on sexual violence : in Hungary, where marital rape was made illegal in 1997, in a study in 2006, 62% of people did not know that marital rape was a crime. [ 99 ]
Nepal: Abortion became legalized in March, under the 11th Amendment to the Civil Code. The legal services were successfully implemented on 25 December 2003. [15] Prior to 2002, Nepal had strict anti-abortion laws which ensured not only the imprisonment of the pregnant women seeking abortion but also their family members.
Nepali women have a lower life expectancy than men, and medical care is preferentially given to boys over girls. [7] [12] Women in Nepal make 57% less than men, according to the 2014 Human Development report for Nepal, and the US State Department says that continuing violence women face limits their ability to support themselves.
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As physicians caring for patients in Iowa, we are gravely concerned about the Iowa Board of Medicine proposed rule 653-13.17 to administer House File 732, the 6 week abortion ban recently passed ...
Constitution of Nepal 2015: Image title: Preliminary Draft: Author: EXTRA1: Software used: Microsoft® Word 2013: Conversion program: Microsoft® Word 2013: Encrypted: no: Page size: 612 x 792 pts (letter) Version of PDF format: 1.5
The other initiative, backed by a group of anti-abortion doctors, would ban abortion after the first trimester, with exceptions for medical emergencies, rape or incest - similar to the state's ...