Nepal
Nepal Advances As U.S. Backslides on Women's Rights
by Melissa Upreti, Center for Reproductive Rights
March 1, 2011 - 6:49pm (Print)
For centuries Nepal banned abortion under any circumstance. Women were imprisoned and many more died in the process. Now the highest legal authority in the country has explicitly recognized a woman as the master of her own body.
Morning Roundup: Santorum Says Obama Should be Anti-choice Because He's Black
by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check
January 20, 2011 - 10:50am (Print)
Santorum plays the race card with Obama, a third-gender option in the Nepali census, Planned Parenthood returns to San Francisco, and Mother Jones looks at abortion-breast cancer lies.
Repro-Briefs: Family Planning in Nepal and Other International News
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
July 9, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
Iran slowly reduces its maternal mortality rate, Pakistan tries to provide access to RU 486 to a firestorm of protest, teens in Wales have problems accessing abortion, and Australia has an unprecedented abortion trial.
Court Orders Nepal to Improve Access to Abortion
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.
Nepali Women's Interim Protection
by Ramona Vijeyarasa, RH Reality Check, Southeast Asia
January 21, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
Nepal Reduces Maternal Mortality with Access to Abortion
by Indira Basnett, Ipas
July 11, 2007 - 7:50am (Print)
Deaths and injuries due to unsafe abortion are a leading cause of maternal death around the world; access to safe abortion in Nepal has reduced maternal mortality by 50 percent.
