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Advocating for Abortion Reform in the Philippines
New brief outlines the impact of the country’s restrictive laws and recommends legalization and decriminalization.
New brief outlines the impact of the country’s restrictive laws and recommends legalization and decriminalization.
Advocacy included a joint submission and presentation highlighting the country’s restrictive abortion laws and barriers to access.
Report by the Center and Aahung recommends the decriminalization of abortion and training of health care providers to improve access to care.
This report by the Center for Reproductive Rights and AAHUNG examines the impact of Pakistan’s existing legal framework on the availability and access to safe abortion services in Sindh province of Pakistan and makes recommendations to decriminalize abortion and increase access to quality health care services.
“For Filipinos to fully exercise their human rights, they must be able to make free and informed decisions and have access to abortion care.” — Jacob
Today the Slovak Parliament rejected draft legislation that would have severely restricted women’s access to abortion care and subjected women to a series of humiliating and medically inaccurate and unnecessary requirements prior to accessing abortion. “Today’s result was critical for the protection of women’s health and wellbeing in Slovakia. The sole purpose of the proposed […]
It’s time to end judicial authorization for abortion in India Meera* was only 10 years old when she became pregnant after being raped. Meera did not know she was pregnant, and her family only realized this when she was over 20 weeks along. Although Meera faced grave pregnancy-related risks due to her age and medical […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Ensuring-Reproductive-Rights-India-0218.jpg In May 2017, the Supreme Court of India denied a medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) to Z., a 35-year old woman from Patna, Bihar living with HIV who became pregnant as a result of rape. Z. was homeless and discovered that she was 17 weeks pregnant and HIV positive when she was admitted into […]
India Supreme Court Denies Abortion To Rape Survivor Living With HIV (PRESS RELEASE) This week the Supreme Court of India denied a rape survivor living with HIV from seeking an abortion. In its ruling, the Supreme Court bench rejected the abortion plea due to her being 26 weeks pregnant and as a result of the […]
Imprisoned in Malaysia After Legal Abortion https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/malaysia_prison.jpg UPDATE: Following her conviction in November 2014, Nirmala’s case was appealed to the Penang High Court earlier this month. The judge determined that because she was not provided adequate interpretation at her trial, the conviction was invalid. She was ordered to reenter her plea and released on bail. […]