Tag: abortion

• Thursday, September 7th 2023 - 10:22 UTC

  Abortion legal nationwide, Mexico's Supreme Court rules

  

  Mexico's Supreme Court Wednesday ruled in favor of suppressing the articles of the Federal Criminal Code criminalizing the termination of pregnancy, thus turning abortion legal nationwide, it was reported.

• Friday, October 7th 2022 - 19:16 UTC

  Lula speaks about abortion and controversy erupts

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has once again addressed the issue of abortion and sparked controversies among Brazilian voters ahead of the Oct. 30 second round against the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

• Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Biden signs executive order to lessen effects of Roe overturning on abortion

  

  US President Joseph Biden Friday issued an Executive Order which would mitigate the effects of the recent overturning by the US Supreme Court of the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling which had cleared the way for abortions nationwide.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Abortion: Salvadorean woman sentenced to 50 years

  

  A woman in El Salvador has been handed down a 50-year jail sentence for having had an abortion, it was reported Monday. It was the first time that the maximum penalty has been applied. Pro-abortion groups have pledged to appeal the ruling.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 20:27 UTC

  SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade after nearly half a century

  

  The iconic 1973 US Supreme Court ruling known as Roe v. Wade which cleared the way for decriminalizing abortion has been overturned Friday when deciding on a Mississippi law banning the interruption of pregnancies after 15 weeks, thus ending alleged constitutional protections that had been in place for nearly half a century.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2022 - 19:53 UTC

  SCOTUS plan to overturn abortion-legalizing ruling disclosed

  

  A newspaper report has leaked a substantial majority of judges on the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) were planning to vote in favor of overturning the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling whereby abortion became legal in the country.

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 22:54 UTC

  Chile's Constitution to include abortion and sexual rights?

  

  A Committee within Chile's Constitutional Convention Wednesday greenlighted a set of articles granting sexual and reproductive rights, which will now be put up for a plenum approval to be added to the country's new Fundamental Law.

• Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Abortion legal in Colombia until week 24

  

  Colombia's Constitutional Court Monday ruled to decriminalize medical procedures to terminate pregnancies up to the 24th week. In other words, there will be no criminal consequences for such actions until the sixth month.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Chile's Lower House votes against legalizing abortion

  

  Chile's Lower House Tuesday turned down a bill to decriminalize abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy by 65 votes against, 62 in favor and one abstention. Thus the initiative will be shelved.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  SCOTUS silence clears way for Texas ban on most abortions

  

  Silence from the Supreme Court of the United States after XXX appeals have rendered legislation passed in May by the US State of Texas banning most abortions to be enforceable as of September 1.