Latest items for ABO-LAW-1
Jan. 18, 2025, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights in a sweeping decision that extended Latin American’s trend of widening abortion access. The high court ordered that abortion be removed from the federal penal code. The ruling will require the federal public health service and all federal health institutions to offer abortion to anyone who requests it. 'No woman or pregnant person, nor any health worker, will be able to be punished for abortion,' the Information Group for Chosen Reproduction, known by its Spanish initials GIRE, said in a statement" (par. 1-3). "Some 20...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights in a sweeping decision that extended Latin American’s trend of widening abortion access. The high court ordered that abortion be removed from the federal penal code. The ruling will require the federal public health service and all federal health institutions to offer abortion to anyone who requests it. 'No woman or pregnant person, nor any health worker, will be able to be punished for abortion,' the Information Group for Chosen Reproduction, known by its Spanish initials GIRE, said in a statement" (par. 1-3). "Some 20...more
Jan. 18, 2025, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1, ABO-LAW-1
"The U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that provided a right to abortion nationwide. Since then, most states led by conservative lawmakers and governors have adopted bans or tighter restrictions" (par. 24). "Currently, abortion is banned throughout pregnancy — with limited exceptions — in 15 American states. Bans in two more states forbid abortion after cardiac activity can be detected, generally around six weeks into pregnancy and often before women know they are pregnant. Judges have put enforcement of restrictions on hold in at least four additional states" (par. 26).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1, ABO-LAW-1
"The U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that provided a right to abortion nationwide. Since then, most states led by conservative lawmakers and governors have adopted bans or tighter restrictions" (par. 24). "Currently, abortion is banned throughout pregnancy — with limited exceptions — in 15 American states. Bans in two more states forbid abortion after cardiac activity can be detected, generally around six weeks into pregnancy and often before women know they are pregnant. Judges have put enforcement of restrictions on hold in at least four additional states" (par. 26).
Jan. 18, 2025, 1:36 p.m.
Countries: Argentina, Colombia
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"After decades of work by activists across the region, the trend picked up speed in Argentina, which in 2020 legalized the procedure. In 2022, Colombia, a highly conservative country, did the same" (par. 23).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"After decades of work by activists across the region, the trend picked up speed in Argentina, which in 2020 legalized the procedure. In 2022, Colombia, a highly conservative country, did the same" (par. 23).
Jan. 16, 2025, 9:45 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Abortion is penalized with the exception of therapeutic abortion, stated in article 119 of the Penal Code, defined as that which is performed by a doctor with the consent of the woman or her legal representative, when it is the only means to save the life of the pregnant woman or to avoid serious and permanent damage to their health. In October 2016, Bill 387/2016-CR was presented to the Congress, which decriminalizes abortion in pregnancies resulting from rape. Opposed positions proposed projects 290/216-CR and 211-2016 / CR, on the protection of the conceived, through the confidential birth and the anonymous delivery to ‘Cunas Salvadoras’ (lifesaving cradles), within 27 days of...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Abortion is penalized with the exception of therapeutic abortion, stated in article 119 of the Penal Code, defined as that which is performed by a doctor with the consent of the woman or her legal representative, when it is the only means to save the life of the pregnant woman or to avoid serious and permanent damage to their health. In October 2016, Bill 387/2016-CR was presented to the Congress, which decriminalizes abortion in pregnancies resulting from rape. Opposed positions proposed projects 290/216-CR and 211-2016 / CR, on the protection of the conceived, through the confidential birth and the anonymous delivery to ‘Cunas Salvadoras’ (lifesaving cradles), within 27 days of...more
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:49 a.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Peru violated the rights of a 13-year-old girl who had been repeatedly raped by her father by denying her an abortion after she became pregnant, the UN has ruled. The United Nations child rights committee found this week that the Peruvian authorities had violated the rights to health and life of the girl, known by the pseudonym Camila, by failing to provide her with information and access to legal and safe abortion" (para 1-2). "Abortion is a criminal offence in Peru except if there is a threat to the woman’s life or a severe and permanent risk to her health. However, when Camila became pregnant in 2017 and was taken...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Peru violated the rights of a 13-year-old girl who had been repeatedly raped by her father by denying her an abortion after she became pregnant, the UN has ruled. The United Nations child rights committee found this week that the Peruvian authorities had violated the rights to health and life of the girl, known by the pseudonym Camila, by failing to provide her with information and access to legal and safe abortion" (para 1-2). "Abortion is a criminal offence in Peru except if there is a threat to the woman’s life or a severe and permanent risk to her health. However, when Camila became pregnant in 2017 and was taken...more
Jan. 16, 2025, 10:50 a.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"With regard to paragraph 37 (b), on the impact on women and girls of the criminalization of abortion and the ban on emergency contraception, the National Institute for Women, in collaboration with municipalities, has prepared four situational analyses at the municipal level on the situation of violence against women and teenage pregnancy, with a view to proposing actions at the local level aimed at conducting a pilot exercise to reduce violence and teenage pregnancy rates" (31).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"With regard to paragraph 37 (b), on the impact on women and girls of the criminalization of abortion and the ban on emergency contraception, the National Institute for Women, in collaboration with municipalities, has prepared four situational analyses at the municipal level on the situation of violence against women and teenage pregnancy, with a view to proposing actions at the local level aimed at conducting a pilot exercise to reduce violence and teenage pregnancy rates" (31).
Jan. 15, 2025, 9:59 p.m.
Countries: Portugal
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"[Benin's] is one of the most liberal laws in Africa… In Africa, only São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Zambia and Guinea-Bissau have similarly liberal abortion laws" (para 9).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"[Benin's] is one of the most liberal laws in Africa… In Africa, only São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Zambia and Guinea-Bissau have similarly liberal abortion laws" (para 9).
Jan. 15, 2025, 9:59 p.m.
Countries: Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"[Benin's] is one of the most liberal laws in Africa… In Africa, only São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Zambia and Guinea-Bissau have similarly liberal abortion laws" (para 9).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"[Benin's] is one of the most liberal laws in Africa… In Africa, only São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Zambia and Guinea-Bissau have similarly liberal abortion laws" (para 9).
Jan. 15, 2025, 9:58 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Pregnant with an unwanted baby, she asked for an abortion, but the law in Benin at that time permitted termination only in cases of rape or incest, or where the mother’s life was at risk or the unborn child had a serious medical condition" (para 1). "In 2019, Tognifode became the west African country’s minister of social affairs, and was instrumental in getting MPs to vote to legalise abortion in most circumstances in October 2021. She didn’t do it alone; two other ministers, also gynaecologists, were heavily involved, as were professional bodies and civil society organisations who lobbied for years for expanded abortion rights. They also had support from Benin’s...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Pregnant with an unwanted baby, she asked for an abortion, but the law in Benin at that time permitted termination only in cases of rape or incest, or where the mother’s life was at risk or the unborn child had a serious medical condition" (para 1). "In 2019, Tognifode became the west African country’s minister of social affairs, and was instrumental in getting MPs to vote to legalise abortion in most circumstances in October 2021. She didn’t do it alone; two other ministers, also gynaecologists, were heavily involved, as were professional bodies and civil society organisations who lobbied for years for expanded abortion rights. They also had support from Benin’s...more
Jan. 15, 2025, 9:50 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"In Malawi, women seeking an abortion can be imprisoned for up to seven years and anyone administering an abortion to a woman could face 14 years in prison; it is permitted only to save a woman’s life. The law was introduced by the British under colonial rule" (para 2). "A bill to liberalise Malawi’s abortion laws was proposed in 2016 but never made it to parliament because of strong opposition. The termination of pregnancy bill would allow abortions when a woman’s mental or physical health was in danger, as well as in cases of rape, incest or serious foetal abnormalities. In 2021, the bill made it a step further when...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"In Malawi, women seeking an abortion can be imprisoned for up to seven years and anyone administering an abortion to a woman could face 14 years in prison; it is permitted only to save a woman’s life. The law was introduced by the British under colonial rule" (para 2). "A bill to liberalise Malawi’s abortion laws was proposed in 2016 but never made it to parliament because of strong opposition. The termination of pregnancy bill would allow abortions when a woman’s mental or physical health was in danger, as well as in cases of rape, incest or serious foetal abnormalities. In 2021, the bill made it a step further when...more
Jan. 15, 2025, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"The number of legal abortions in the United States decreased just over 6 percent in the six months after the Supreme Court ended the right to abortion last June, according to a report released Tuesday, the most comprehensive and up-to-date count of abortions nationwide" (par. 1). "The data goes through Dec. 31, by which point 13 states had banned abortion with almost no exceptions and another, Georgia, had banned it after six weeks of pregnancy" (par. 4). "In the coming days, Florida, which allows abortion through the 15th week of pregnancy and has become a destination for women seeking abortions in the South, is expected to ban it after six...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"The number of legal abortions in the United States decreased just over 6 percent in the six months after the Supreme Court ended the right to abortion last June, according to a report released Tuesday, the most comprehensive and up-to-date count of abortions nationwide" (par. 1). "The data goes through Dec. 31, by which point 13 states had banned abortion with almost no exceptions and another, Georgia, had banned it after six weeks of pregnancy" (par. 4). "In the coming days, Florida, which allows abortion through the 15th week of pregnancy and has become a destination for women seeking abortions in the South, is expected to ban it after six...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:28 a.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Honduras is one of five Latin American countries – along with Haiti, Nicaragua, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic – where abortion is prohibited in all circumstances, even in cases of rape, incest, or when the pregnant woman’s life is at risk" (para 3).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Honduras is one of five Latin American countries – along with Haiti, Nicaragua, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic – where abortion is prohibited in all circumstances, even in cases of rape, incest, or when the pregnant woman’s life is at risk" (para 3).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:27 a.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Honduras is one of five Latin American countries – along with Haiti, Nicaragua, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic – where abortion is prohibited in all circumstances, even in cases of rape, incest, or when the pregnant woman’s life is at risk. Until last year, it was also the only country to outlaw emergency contraceptives. Women who have an abortion or medical professionals who perform one can face up to six years in prison. The ban was reinforced by a constitutional amendment in 2021, which raised the threshold of votes needed for congress to modify the abortion law" (para 3-4).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Honduras is one of five Latin American countries – along with Haiti, Nicaragua, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic – where abortion is prohibited in all circumstances, even in cases of rape, incest, or when the pregnant woman’s life is at risk. Until last year, it was also the only country to outlaw emergency contraceptives. Women who have an abortion or medical professionals who perform one can face up to six years in prison. The ban was reinforced by a constitutional amendment in 2021, which raised the threshold of votes needed for congress to modify the abortion law" (para 3-4).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:58 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"When the country legalised abortion up to 14 weeks in 2020, the government also promised to drop charges against women being prosecuted under earlier abortion laws" (para 8).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"When the country legalised abortion up to 14 weeks in 2020, the government also promised to drop charges against women being prosecuted under earlier abortion laws" (para 8).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:53 a.m.
Countries: Chile
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Abortion has been decriminalised in Chile since 2017 if the pregnancy was the result of rape, if the mother’s life is at risk, or if the foetus is inviable" (para 26).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Abortion has been decriminalised in Chile since 2017 if the pregnancy was the result of rape, if the mother’s life is at risk, or if the foetus is inviable" (para 26).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:36 a.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Central American neighbors Nicaragua and Honduras, as well as the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean, also impose blanket bans on abortion, including in cases of rape and when the mother's life is at risk" (para 28).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Central American neighbors Nicaragua and Honduras, as well as the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean, also impose blanket bans on abortion, including in cases of rape and when the mother's life is at risk" (para 28).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:36 a.m.
Countries: El Salvador
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"El Salvador has one of the most draconian abortion bans in the Americas, which critics say extends to women who suffer miscarriages and stillbirths. Many women have been sentenced to decades in prison on charges of killing their children" (para 10). "According to the Citizens Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion in El Salvador, Lilian was the last of 73 women who had been put behind bars after being convicted of 'aggravated homicide' for abortions, miscarriages or other obstetric emergencies" (para 12). "Salvador's penal code punishes abortion under any circumstances with a sentence of two to eight years in prison. But prosecutors and judges often classify cases of abortion or...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"El Salvador has one of the most draconian abortion bans in the Americas, which critics say extends to women who suffer miscarriages and stillbirths. Many women have been sentenced to decades in prison on charges of killing their children" (para 10). "According to the Citizens Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion in El Salvador, Lilian was the last of 73 women who had been put behind bars after being convicted of 'aggravated homicide' for abortions, miscarriages or other obstetric emergencies" (para 12). "Salvador's penal code punishes abortion under any circumstances with a sentence of two to eight years in prison. But prosecutors and judges often classify cases of abortion or...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:27 a.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"In Kenya, for example, the constitution says 'abortion is not permitted unless, in the opinion of a trained health professional, there is need for emergency treatment, or the life or health of the mother is in danger, or if permitted by any other written law'" (para 18).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"In Kenya, for example, the constitution says 'abortion is not permitted unless, in the opinion of a trained health professional, there is need for emergency treatment, or the life or health of the mother is in danger, or if permitted by any other written law'" (para 18).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:27 a.m.
Countries: Cuba
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Some countries allude to the right. Cuba's constitution guarantees women's 'reproductive and sexual rights'" (para 14-15).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Some countries allude to the right. Cuba's constitution guarantees women's 'reproductive and sexual rights'" (para 14-15).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:27 a.m.
Countries: Chile
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Chile included the right to elective abortion in a draft for a new progressive constitution in 2022, but voters rejected the text in a referendum" (para 13).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Chile included the right to elective abortion in a draft for a new progressive constitution in 2022, but voters rejected the text in a referendum" (para 13).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:25 a.m.
Countries: France
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"A congress of both houses of parliament in Versailles starting at 3:30 pm (1430 GMT) found the three-fifths majority needed for the change after it overcame initial resistance in the right-leaning Senate. After congress approved the move, France became the only country in the world to clearly protect the right to terminate a pregnancy in its basic law. President Emmanuel Macron pledged last year to enshrine abortion -- legal in France since 1975 -- in the constitution after the US Supreme Court in 2022 overturned the half-century-old right to the procedure, allowing states to ban or curtail it. France's lower-house National Assembly in January overwhelmingly approved making abortion a 'guaranteed...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"A congress of both houses of parliament in Versailles starting at 3:30 pm (1430 GMT) found the three-fifths majority needed for the change after it overcame initial resistance in the right-leaning Senate. After congress approved the move, France became the only country in the world to clearly protect the right to terminate a pregnancy in its basic law. President Emmanuel Macron pledged last year to enshrine abortion -- legal in France since 1975 -- in the constitution after the US Supreme Court in 2022 overturned the half-century-old right to the procedure, allowing states to ban or curtail it. France's lower-house National Assembly in January overwhelmingly approved making abortion a 'guaranteed...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:14 a.m.
Countries: Colombia, Cuba, Guyana, Mexico, Uruguay
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Mexico’s supreme court recently ruled that state laws prohibiting abortion are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights, but despite the region’s green wave movement, the only other Latin American countries where elective abortion is legal are Colombia, Cuba, Guyana and Uruguay" (para 21).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Mexico’s supreme court recently ruled that state laws prohibiting abortion are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights, but despite the region’s green wave movement, the only other Latin American countries where elective abortion is legal are Colombia, Cuba, Guyana and Uruguay" (para 21).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:14 a.m.
Countries: Brazil
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"In neighbouring Brazil, the supreme court is currently voting on whether to decriminalise abortion in the first 12 weeks of a pregnancy" (para 21).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"In neighbouring Brazil, the supreme court is currently voting on whether to decriminalise abortion in the first 12 weeks of a pregnancy" (para 21).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:06 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Argentina is three weeks away from a national election in which the rights of women and abortion have been put on the ballot, just three years after elective terminations were legalised" (para 2). "Abortion was legalised in Argentina in 2020 after sweeping protests known as the “green wave” movement. Previously, abortions were only permitted in cases of rape or if the woman’s health was at risk" (para 5). "Doctors who perform abortions have also reportedly been targeted with spurious legal complaints. In August 2021, one doctor in Salta, a city in north-western Argentina, was detained following an accusation that she had performed an 'illegal abortion'. She faced almost two years...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Argentina is three weeks away from a national election in which the rights of women and abortion have been put on the ballot, just three years after elective terminations were legalised" (para 2). "Abortion was legalised in Argentina in 2020 after sweeping protests known as the “green wave” movement. Previously, abortions were only permitted in cases of rape or if the woman’s health was at risk" (para 5). "Doctors who perform abortions have also reportedly been targeted with spurious legal complaints. In August 2021, one doctor in Salta, a city in north-western Argentina, was detained following an accusation that she had performed an 'illegal abortion'. She faced almost two years...more
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1, TRAFF-LAW-2, UVAW-PRACTICE-1, ABO-LAW-1
"Domestic legislation, including the Criminal Code, establishes criminal liability for certain forms of domestic violence: murder (article 104), incitement to suicide (article 109), grievous and medium bodily harm (articles 110 and 111), battery (article 116), torture (article 117), coercion of women to perform abortions (article 124), rape (article 138), sexual assault (article 139), coercion to perform sexual acts (article 140), sexual intercourse and other actions of a sexual nature with a juvenile under 16 years of age (article 141), indecent assault (article 142), sexual intercourse, other actions of a sexual nature or indecent assault with abuse of feelings and religious beliefs (article 142.1). A parent who involves his or her...more
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1, TRAFF-LAW-2, UVAW-PRACTICE-1, ABO-LAW-1
"Domestic legislation, including the Criminal Code, establishes criminal liability for certain forms of domestic violence: murder (article 104), incitement to suicide (article 109), grievous and medium bodily harm (articles 110 and 111), battery (article 116), torture (article 117), coercion of women to perform abortions (article 124), rape (article 138), sexual assault (article 139), coercion to perform sexual acts (article 140), sexual intercourse and other actions of a sexual nature with a juvenile under 16 years of age (article 141), indecent assault (article 142), sexual intercourse, other actions of a sexual nature or indecent assault with abuse of feelings and religious beliefs (article 142.1). A parent who involves his or her...more
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:36 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights in a sweeping decision that extended Latin American’s trend of widening abortion access. The high court ordered that abortion be removed from the federal penal code. The ruling will require the federal public health service and all federal health institutions to offer abortion to anyone who requests it. 'No woman or pregnant person, nor any health worker, will be able to be punished for abortion,' the Information Group for Chosen Reproduction, known by its Spanish initials GIRE, said in a statement. Some 20 Mexican states,...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights in a sweeping decision that extended Latin American’s trend of widening abortion access. The high court ordered that abortion be removed from the federal penal code. The ruling will require the federal public health service and all federal health institutions to offer abortion to anyone who requests it. 'No woman or pregnant person, nor any health worker, will be able to be punished for abortion,' the Information Group for Chosen Reproduction, known by its Spanish initials GIRE, said in a statement. Some 20 Mexican states,...more
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:55 p.m.
Countries: Brazil
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Activists warn that they risk further victimisation under proposed legislation in the chamber of deputies which would penalise women who undergo an abortion after 22 weeks, even in cases of rape. Abortion is illegal in Brazil, but there is an exception for rape. The new legislation, backed by supporters of the rightwing former president Jair Bolsonaro, would impose prison sentences of up to 20 years for a termination – equal to that for homicide and longer than that for rape (up to 15 years). After an outcry from feminist and human rights movements, the legislation is now dormant in the lower house, but activists fear it could be revived –...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Activists warn that they risk further victimisation under proposed legislation in the chamber of deputies which would penalise women who undergo an abortion after 22 weeks, even in cases of rape. Abortion is illegal in Brazil, but there is an exception for rape. The new legislation, backed by supporters of the rightwing former president Jair Bolsonaro, would impose prison sentences of up to 20 years for a termination – equal to that for homicide and longer than that for rape (up to 15 years). After an outcry from feminist and human rights movements, the legislation is now dormant in the lower house, but activists fear it could be revived –...more
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:38 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Mexico's Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on abortion Wednesday, indicating the procedure can no longer be penalized because it is unconstitutional and violates the rights of women. Under the unanimous decision filed by 11 judges, the federal public health service and all federal health institutions are obligated to provide abortion access to any person who seeks it" (para 1-2). "The decision comes two years after the Supreme Court ruled in a case involving the northeastern state of Coahuila and said that a woman could not be jailed for having an abortion" (para 5). "Abortion in Mexico was made illegal in 1931 and was only allowed if the pregnant...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Mexico's Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on abortion Wednesday, indicating the procedure can no longer be penalized because it is unconstitutional and violates the rights of women. Under the unanimous decision filed by 11 judges, the federal public health service and all federal health institutions are obligated to provide abortion access to any person who seeks it" (para 1-2). "The decision comes two years after the Supreme Court ruled in a case involving the northeastern state of Coahuila and said that a woman could not be jailed for having an abortion" (para 5). "Abortion in Mexico was made illegal in 1931 and was only allowed if the pregnant...more
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:31 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"This summer, Russia’s health minister, Mikhail Murashko, criticized women putting their education and careers ahead of having children as 'improper' and announced a national initiative to control the circulation of abortion-inducing drugs in pharmacies. At least two Russian regions have already outlawed 'coercing' women into abortion, and in two other places, annexed Crimea and Kursk, private clinics have nearly stopped providing abortions altogether. Women nationwide have been panic-buying emergency contraception pills amid fears of a national ban" (para 12).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"This summer, Russia’s health minister, Mikhail Murashko, criticized women putting their education and careers ahead of having children as 'improper' and announced a national initiative to control the circulation of abortion-inducing drugs in pharmacies. At least two Russian regions have already outlawed 'coercing' women into abortion, and in two other places, annexed Crimea and Kursk, private clinics have nearly stopped providing abortions altogether. Women nationwide have been panic-buying emergency contraception pills amid fears of a national ban" (para 12).
Dec. 6, 2024, 11:13 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"The Department of Health and Humans Services is enacting a rule prohibiting healthcare providers and insurers from sharing private health information if that information will be used to investigate someone accessing or providing an abortion. The proposed rule will protect women who live in states where abortion is illegal but travel to a state where it is legal to have the procedure. It's unclear if the proposed rule will actually stifle criminal investigations. In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case, which overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling in 2022, more women are traveling to obtain an abortion as...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"The Department of Health and Humans Services is enacting a rule prohibiting healthcare providers and insurers from sharing private health information if that information will be used to investigate someone accessing or providing an abortion. The proposed rule will protect women who live in states where abortion is illegal but travel to a state where it is legal to have the procedure. It's unclear if the proposed rule will actually stifle criminal investigations. In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case, which overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling in 2022, more women are traveling to obtain an abortion as...more