Tag: abortion

• Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 02:42 UTC

  Retrial ruling could become a milestone for Salvadoran women prosecuted for abortion

  

  The verdict in a retrial of a Salvadoran woman convicted of aggravated homicide after a stillbirth is expected on Monday, the woman's lawyer said on Friday, in a closely watched case that could overturn a 30-year prison sentence.

• Tuesday, June 4th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Thousands take to the streets in Argentina to denounces violence against women

  

  Thousands of Argentine protesters flooded the streets of Buenos Aires on Monday in a show of force for the abortion rights movement, and to denounce violence against women.

• Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Argentina: In the midst of presidential election activists re launch efforts to legalize abortion

  

  Activists and lawmakers in Argentina relaunched a bid to legalize abortion on Tuesday with a new bill before Congress and a major demonstration planned, resuming a battle that has divided the homeland of Pope Francis ahead of October's general election.

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:02 UTC

  Alabama abortion bill triggers a national debate in US ahead of 2020 elections

  

  Alabama's governor signed a bill on Wednesday to ban nearly all abortions in the state, even in cases of rape and incest, in the latest challenge by conservatives to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy.

• Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Cesarean surgery to an 11-year old raped girl reopens abortion debate in Argentina

  

  The cesarean section carried out on an 11-year-old girl raped by her grandmother's husband has reopened the debate about abortion in Argentina, where rules on pregnancy terminations are strict.

• Tuesday, August 21st 2018 - 09:09 UTC

  Argentines begin campaigning for a Secular State

  

  Argentines gathered in Buenos Aires last Saturday to oppose the influence of religion on Argentine politics and encourage people to quit the Catholic Church, in the wake of the recent Senate vote not to legalize some abortions.

• Thursday, June 14th 2018 - 21:23 UTC

  Legal abortion bill in Argentina faces an even steeper up hill in the Senate

  

  The lower house of Argentina’s Congress on Thursday narrowly passed a Bill to legalise abortion through 14 weeks of pregnancy after a tight vote on a proposal that has divided the South American nation.

• Wednesday, June 13th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  A divided Argentine congress and society vote to decriminalize abortion

  

  Argentina's Lower House will vote on Wednesday a bill to decriminalize elective abortion without judicial authorization in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. In Argentina abortion is only allowed when the mother's life is at risk or as a result of rape.

• Tuesday, May 29th 2018 - 08:51 UTC

  Ireland's abortion vote adds to PM May woes and strains relations with Ulster coalition ally

  

  Britain's leaders are facing increasing calls to take action to loosen abortion restrictions in Northern Ireland after the Republic of Ireland's landmark referendum in favor of doing so, but complex political realities may make quick action difficult.

• Saturday, May 26th 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Landslide victory to legalize abortion in Ireland, according to exit polls

  

  Ireland has voted by a landslide margin to change the constitution so that abortion can be legalized, according to an exit poll conducted for The Irish Times by Ipsos/MRBI.