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Court Orders Nepal to Improve Access to Abortion

Reader diary posted by Dionne

May 22, 2009 - 1:31pm

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Great news out of Nepal! In just a few years, the country has gone from
a total abortion ban to allowing abortion under most circumstances to
this week, the Supreme Court ordering the government to set up an
abortion fund for poor women and to invest in an education campaign on
abortion.


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Moldovan Woman in Prison for Having an Abortion: European Court of Human Rights to Review

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

February 18, 2009 - 4:31pm

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A young pregnant woman in Moldova is jailed for undergoing an abortion, denied adequate health care, and subject to discrimination and humiliation by male guards in prison. Human rights groups have filed a complaint on her behalf.

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Federal Appeals Court to Reconsider Virginia Abortion Ban

By Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check

October 28, 2008 - 5:59pm

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This morning, a full Fourth Circuit Court reconsidered a Virginia ban on certain late-term abortion procedures.

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Trigger Laws: Taking Aim at Roe

By Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check

May 20, 2008 - 7:00am

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Both pro- and anti-choice activists are preparing the state legislative landscape on abortion for the next President and his or her Supreme Court nominees. The right's latest tactic is the ban-in-waiting -- a ban on abortion that springs into effect upon the reversal of Roe.

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Acting Surgeon General Galson Fumbled Plan B

By Vivien Labaton, Center for Reproductive Rights

September 27, 2007 - 7:00am

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President Bush elevates political puppetry above public health with his appointment of Steven Galson to Acting Surgeon General.


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