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US
On Monday, the US supreme court begins a new term, which in December will include arguments in Mississippi’s bid to overturn 1973’s landmark Roe v Wade decision guaranteeing the right to an abortion.
DL News
US
Supporters of abortion rights say the Mississippi and Texas laws are a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 opinion legalizing abortion nationwide prior to viability, which can occur at around 24 weeks of pregnancy.
DL News
Europe
The 44-year-old mother of three obtained pills from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) during lockdown, under laws introduced in the COVID pandemic.
Sky News
US
Anti-abortion activists are urging the court to “protect unborn children”, but experts warn of an increase in maternal mortality if abortion is restricted.
BBC
Africa
The case dismissal affirms that abortion care is a fundamental right under the Constitution of Kenya and aligns with earlier court rulings declaring that arrest and prosecution of patients and providers is illegal.
AllAfrica
Africa
The court noted in its ruling that abortion care is a fundamental right under the Constitution of Kenya and that protecting access to abortion impacts vital Constitutional values, including dignity, autonomy, equality, and bodily integrity.
AllAfrica
General
The study analyses rates from 2015 to 2019, with the aim of providing deeper insights into access to sexual and reproductive health services in countries of all income levels across the globe.
GNA
Others
The ruling on Wednesday means no punishment can apply for accessing abortion services in Mexico
Sky News
US
Abortion has long been one of the country’s most contentious social issues. However, polls from the Pew Research Center indicate nearly six in 10 Americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
DL News
US
The Supreme Court must operate with the highest regard for judicial integrity in order to earn the public’s trust,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, said in a statement
DL News
US
The 11 Supreme Court judges unanimously voted to decriminalise abortion in that state, and under Mexican law, it will now apply to all the other states in the country.
DL News
US
The man, identified as 26-year-old Nicholas John Roske of Simi Valley, California on Wednesday, was carrying a handgun he had purchased for the purpose of killing Kavanaugh.
aljazeera
Courts
“When the accused heard the young man had denied responsibility, he took the victim to LEKMA Hospital at Teshie Nungua and aborted the pregnancy in July this year,
DL News
Africa
Women can now end their pregnancy within the first three months in cases where it could “aggravate or cause material, educational, professional or moral distress, incompatible with the woman or the unborn child’s interest
BBC
US
The Texas law is one of the strictest in the country and like many other US states with a near-blanket ban, it only allows doctors to perform abortions for women with grave health risks.
DW
General
The Court, in its order, noted that the fact was that the Prosecutrix got conceived from her cousin's brother, however, this fact was conveniently suppressed by the father and daughter.
Livelaw
US
Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court says draft abortion ruling authentic
aljazeera
Crime
The convicts, Charlotte Asiedu, who administered a concoction to the girl, was charged with the offence of committing illegal abortion whilst Tetteh, the victim’s boyfriend, was charged with abetment of crime.
GNA
US
The protest follows a Supreme Court ruling that ended the nationwide right to abortion.
BBC
Crime
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a female laboratory worker into police custody for allegedly administering abortion drugs to a 17-year-old girl.
