Tag: Abortion
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U.S. Supreme Court moves to overturn landmark abortion ruling as protesters storm streets
Anti-abortion activists and pro-abortion rights supporters took to the streets of Washington on Tuesday after news that the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling which legalized abortion nationwide.
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How my father impregnated me, aborted pregnancy – 20-year-old narrates
A 20-year-old girl (name withheld) on Thursday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how her biological father, Akin Isaac, allegedly impregnated her and aborted the pregnancy. The survivor said, while being led in evidence by State Prosecutor, Mr Y. A. Alebiosu, that prior to living with her father, she was staying with her grandmother.
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WHO issues new guidelines on safe abortion
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released new guidelines on abortion care in a bid to protect the health of women and girls across the world.
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My husband forced me to have 15 abortions after three kids, wife tells court
A nurse, Shukurat Adewumi, on Monday sought the dissolution of her 17-year-old marraige to husband, Adewale, in a Customary Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan on grounds that he forced to have 15 abortions. Shukurat, a mother of three, made the claim in her counter argument before Chief Ademola Odunade, the court’s President . ”He…
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Woman stabs lover to death over abortion disagreement in Anambra
A 25-year-old woman, Onyinye Chime, reportedly killed her lover, Eleyi Azubuike, in Anambra State, for asking her to abort her pregnancy. The incident happened on Ochiagha Street, Nkpor, near Onitsha, in the Idemili Local Government Area of the state. According to reports, the deceased had advised Chime to abort the pregnancy, which she objected to.…
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Millions of women lose access to abortion services during pandemic
Reproductive Health Charity Mary Stopes International (MSI) on Wednesday said 1.9 million women across the world had lost access to its contraception and safe abortion services in the first half of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The impact of the crisis was particularly harsh in India where an estimated 1.3 million women lost access…
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My mother tried to abort me- Mercy Eke
Winner of the 2019 edition of BBNaija, Mercy Eke has averred that her mother once said she tried aborting her due to pressure from relatives. Eke made this known during the premiere of a joint reality TV show with Ike, her partner, who is also a former BBNaija housemate. She said her mother had once…
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‘Nigeria has 2.8m abortions annually‘
Nigeria has a reported case of 2.8 million abortions and 760,000 self-induced abortions annually. This was disclosed by a reproductive health expert, who is also the Executive Director Women, Law and Development Initiative, Mrs. Hauwa Shekarau. Shekarau was delivering a lecture in Owerri at a media capacity building workshop on Women’s Sexual Reproductive Health and…
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U.S. announces new restrictions on foreign aid for abortions
The U.S. will further clamp down on the use of foreign aid for non-governmental organisations that support abortions or work with groups that help women access the medical service, an official said. The U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on Tuesday said this as he announced new limitations on the use of federal government funds…
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240,000 Indian girls killed through sex-specific abortions annually – Study
Almost a quarter-of-a-million girls younger than five die in India every year due to neglect resulting from society’s preference for sons, a gender discrimination study found on Tuesday. This was over and above those aborted simply for being female, researchers wrote in The Lancet medical journal. “Gender-based discrimination towards girls doesn’t simply prevent them from…