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IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 2021 We can find numerous international treaties and legal documents that support women’s choice for safe and legal abortion. However, there are constant different, incompatible and even opposing discourses around abortion globally. This paper examines a 2016
Gao Xueying
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019 INTRODUCTION : abortion in Zimbabwe is allowed to preserve the physical health of the woman, or in cases of rape, incest, or fetal impairment. Access even under these conditions is difficult and rare.
Mugove Gerald Madziyire +4 more
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Knowledge of the abortion legislation among South African women: a cross-sectional study
Reproductive Health, 2006 Background In order to ensure that legalized abortion in South Africa improves reproductive health, women must know that abortion is a legal option in the case of unwanted pregnancy.
Myer Landon +2 more
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BMC Women's Health, 2023 Background Induced abortion in Costa Rica is illegal in all cases except to save the life of the pregnant person. Despite severe restrictions to legal abortion, individuals in Costa Rica still induce abortions outside of the formal healthcare system ...
Blake Erhardt-Ohren +9 more
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The regulatory cliff edge between contraception and abortion: the legal and moral significance of implantation [PDF]
, 2015 In regulating the voluntary interruption of pregnancy, English law has accorded particular significance to two biological events. First, ‘viability’, the moment when a fetus is said to acquire the capacity for independent life, plays an important role in
Campbell +20 more
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The Decriminalisation of Abortion: an Argument for Modernisation [PDF]
, 2015 While abortion is now offered as a routine part of modern NHS-funded reproductive healthcare, the legal framework regulating it remains rooted in the punitive, conservative values of the mid-Victorian era.
Sheldon, Sally
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Pengaruh Perkembangan Kehidupan Masyarakat terhadap Pengaturan Hukum Tentang Aborsi di Indonesia [PDF]
, 2000 The purpose of this article is neither to explore the evolution of US Supreme Court doctrine concerning abortion, nor to discuss about the controversy on abortion issue occurred at The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in ...
Soge, P. (Paulinus)
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Failure of the Law to Grant Access to Legal Abortion in Chile
Health EquityIntroduction: In 2017, Chile decriminalized abortion on three grounds: (i) if the pregnant person's life is at risk, (ii) fetal nonviability, and (iii) rape or incest.
Daniel F.M. Suárez-Baquero +4 more
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"I need to terminate this pregnancy even if it will take my life": a qualitative study of the effect of being denied legal abortion on women's lives in Nepal. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundAlthough abortion was legalized in Nepal in 2002, many women are not able to obtain legal services. Using qualitative data from women who were denied legal abortion services, we examined reasons for seeking an abortion, options considered and ...
Foster, Diana Greene +3 more
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PENYEDIAAN AKSES LEGAL DAN AMAN UNTUK ABORSI DI INDONESIA
UIR Law ReviewAbortion is regulated internationally especially in the ICCPR, CEDAW and ICESCR. Indonesia also regulates abortion based on Law No. 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code, Law No. 17 of 2023 concerning Health, Government Regulation No.
Nita Ariyani
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