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May 31, 2023 · The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled two state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional, but the procedure remains illegal in the state in most cases. In a 6-3 ruling on Wednesday, the high court said the two bans are unconstitutional because they require a “medical emergency” before a doctor can perform an abortion. The court says this language conflicts with a previous ruling it issued ...
Voluntary induced termination of pregnancy is a common medical procedure worldwide. An estimated 42 million abortions are performed annually; nearly 20 million are considered medically unsafe.[1–4] Estimates suggest that 97% of unsafe abortions occur in the developing world, and that unsafe abortion is the leading cause of maternal deaths in Africa, which has the world’s highest case ...
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMms2216234 Corpus ID: 257803890; Dark-Alley Ethics - How to Interpret Medical Exceptions to Bans on Abortion Provision. @article{Watson2023DarkAlleyE, title={Dark-Alley Ethics - How to Interpret Medical Exceptions to Bans on Abortion Provision.}, author={Katie Watson}, journal={The New England journal of medicine}, year={2023}, volume={388 13}, pages={ 1240-1245 }, url={https ...
Attorney General et al. (2022) In 2022, the High Court of Kenya in Malindi affirmed that abortion is a fundamental right under the Constitution of Kenya. The landmark ruling also held that arbitrarily arresting and prosecuting patients seeking abortion care or health care providers offering abortion services is illegal.
Jan 1, 2015 · Donate Now. First published online: January 1, 2015. During the 2014 state legislative session, lawmakers introduced 341 provisions aimed at restricting access to abortion. By the end of the year, 15 states had enacted 26 new abortion restrictions. Including these new provisions, states have adopted 231 new abortion restrictions since the 2010 ...
Nov 7, 2023 · Abortion is allowed in Ohio until 22 weeks of pregnancy. In June 2022, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.Wade, a state law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy briefly went into ...
Jan 13, 2021 · Current Abortion Provision in Northern Ireland. By Dr Siobhan Kirk. Northern Ireland (NI) had one of the most restrictive and punitive abortion laws in Europe until 2019. An advantage of the non-functioning Northern Ireland Assembly in 2019 was that the law was changed to allow abortion under the UK Parliament’s Northern Ireland Act 2019.
