Nepal’s punitive approach to abortion has threatened women’s lives and health, reinforced entrenched gender discrimination, and interfered with women’s decision-making on a matter with immense personal implications. Those who have been arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned on abortion-related offenses have been subjected to violations of their basic rights as criminal defendants and prisoners. Abuses include systematic […]
Filing date: April 2004 Country/Region: , Nepal Plaintiff(s): Achyut Prasad Kharel Center Attorney(s): , Melissa Upreti Partners: Forum for Women, Law, and Development (FLWD) Summary: On August 4, Nepal’s Supreme Court dismissed a case that had aimed to overturn the country’s abortion law, which allows abortion upon request up to 12 weeks. The law was […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/WA_Map_2007.jpg Currently, over 60% of the world’s people live in countries where induced abortion is permitted either for a wide range of reasons or without restriction as to reason. In contrast, about 26% of all people reside in countries where abortion is generally prohibited.The table below illustrates the varying degrees to which countries worldwide permit […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2014-07-23-at-2.55.28-PM.png This report, produced by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Forum for Women, Law and Development, documents human rights abuses arising from Nepal’s abortion law. The report examines violations of women’s rights relating to the abortion ban, as well as violations that occur in the enforcement of the law. Based on interviews with […]
I. Nepal’s existing abortion law, in permitting abortion during the first trimester without restriction as to reason or need for spousal consent, respects women’s basic human rights and should be reaffirmed.The current law on abortion as provided in the Eleventh Amendment of the Muluki Ain respects rights and principles recognized by the Nepalese Supreme Court […]
On August 4, Nepal’s Supreme Court dismissed a case that had aimed to overturn the country’s abortion law, which allows abortion upon request up to 12 weeks. The law was challenged by attorney Achyut Kharel in 2005 on the grounds that it discriminates against men, as it allows a woman to terminate a pregnancy without […]
Suit Follows Release of Human Rights Groups’ Study Finding Ban has Triggered Reproductive Health Crisis MANILA – Twenty Manila women and men filed a case today in a Philippine high court against the mayor of Manila, arguing that the city’s eight-year ban on contraception has severely and irreparably damaged their lives and health and the […]