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Nepal: Ensure Reproductive Healthcare for Every Woman

09.25.09 - Seven years ago this month, on September 27, 2002, Nepal took a historic step forward for women by decriminalizing abortion. The Center is now calling on the country to take concrete steps to fulfill its commitment to women's human rights and health. …

Court Orders Nepal to Improve Women’s Access to Abortion

05.20.09 - New York—Today, Nepal’s Supreme Court ordered the Nepal government to enact a comprehensive abortion law to guarantee that women have access to safe and affordable abortion services.  Since 2002, Nepalese law has permitted abortion under most circumstances, but multiple barriers—including…

Lakshmi Dhikta v. Government of Nepal / Amici (Supreme Court of Nepal)

05.20.09 - In late 2005, the Center began a partnership with FWLD to develop two public interest cases on reproductive rights.  One was Lakshmi Dhikta v. Government of Nepal, filed as a public interest case under the new constitutional provision on February 22, 2007.

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