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White House Berates Arizona's Ruling On Abortion Ban

White House Berates Arizona’s Ruling On Abortion Ban

September 25, 2022 7:12 am

The White House on Sunday berated a court ruling in Arizona which has now imposed a near-complete ban on abortions in the southwestern US state describing it as ‘catastrophic, dangerous and unacceptable.’

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that on Friday, a judge in Arizona’s Pima County had in a ruling ruled stated that a stricter ban — first imposed in 1864, before Arizona was a state — must be enforced.

‘If this decision stands, health care providers would face imprisonment of up to five years for fulfilling their duty of care; survivors of rape and incest would be forced …

Police Detain 17 US Lawmakers For Protesting Abortion Rights

Police Detain 17 US Lawmakers For Protesting Abortion Rights

July 20, 2022 3:54 am

No fewer than 17 Democratic lawmakers, including prominent progressives such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar, were among those arrested at an abortion rights protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Tuesday, the police have confirmed. 

In a post on Twitter on Tuesday, the US Capitol police claimed that the demonstrators had blocked traffic on a nearby road and were been given three warnings before officers made the arrests.

‘We made a total of 35 arrests for Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding,’ the police said. ‘That arrest number includes 17 Members of Congress.’

Africa Daily News, New York reports that …

Biden Makes Big Move To Protect US Women's Right To Abortion

Biden Makes Big Move To Protect US Women’s Right To Abortion

July 9, 2022 5:39 am

U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday signed an executive order that is expected to ease access of women to services to terminate pregnancies and then slammed for the umpteenth time, the Supreme Court for overturning Roe v Wade.

What the court did, he said, was an exercise in ‘raw political power’.

Biden, a Democrat, has been under pressure from his own party to take action after the landmark decision last month, which upended roughly 50 years of protections for women’s reproductive rights.

The government’s health department is instructed by Biden’s new directive to increase access to “medication abortion”—pills prescribed to end …

Sierra Leone Set To Reverse Ban On Abortion, Gives Reasons

Sierra Leone Set To Reverse Ban On Abortion, Gives Reasons

July 4, 2022 7:27 am

Sierra Leone’s government has okayed a draft law that will decriminalise abortion in a country that presently has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates.

President Julius Maada Bio informed the 10th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights in Freetown yesterday that his government had concluded plans to unanimously back a bill on risk-free motherhood.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the law would guarantee the health and dignity of all girls and women of procreation age in the country, he added, after the US Supreme Court removed American women’s constitutional right to abortion.

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Lagos Releases New Policy Document On Abortion

Lagos Releases New Policy Document On Abortion

June 30, 2022 5:57 am

The Government of Lagos State through the Ministry of Health has unveiled a policy document on safe termination of pregnancy which is aimed at improving safety and general well-being.

The 40-page policy document which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York, tagged ‘Lagos State Guidelines on Safe Termination of Pregnancy for Legal Indications’, sets out guidelines for safe termination of pregnancy within the ambit of the criminal law of Lagos State.

Presenting and launching the document at a stakeholders’ engagement, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr. Olusegun Ogboye, explained that while therapeutic termination of …

Americans Seeking Abortion Move To Get Help From Mexico

Americans Seeking Abortion Move To Get Help From Mexico

June 26, 2022 2:28 am

Facing high medical costs and pressure to reconsider, a single mother living in California turned to activists across the border in Mexico who helped her have an abortion.

‘We’re supposed to be in a free country, in a state where you can smoke marijuana, but abortion is still somewhat taboo,’ the 31-year-old said, shortly before the US Supreme Court ended the nationwide right to the procedure.

The woman, of Mexican descent, believes terminating a pregnancy will now become ever harder, although the liberal West Coast states of California, Oregon, and Washington jointly vowed to defend abortion rights.

The Supreme …

Biden Slams Historic Supreme Court Ruling On Abortion

Biden Slams Historic Supreme Court Ruling On Abortion

June 25, 2022 6:25 am

US President, Joe Biden has frowned at the decision of the US Supreme Court to put a stop to the right to abortion, going on to accuse the courts of putting women’s lives at risk in the name of an ‘extreme ideology.’

‘The court has done what it has never done before, expressly take away a constitutional right that is so fundamental to so many Americans,’ Biden lamented.

‘It’s a realization of an extreme ideology and a tragic error by the Supreme Court in my view.’

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In Historic Ruling, US Supreme Court Ends Right To Abortion

In Historic Ruling, US Supreme Court Ends Right To Abortion

June 25, 2022 5:10 am

In a landmark decision that overturns 50 years of constitutional protections on one of the most contentious and fiercely contested topics in American politics, the US Supreme Court on Friday abolished the right to an abortion.

The conservative-dominated court declared that individual states can now legalise or restrict the procedure on their own, overturning the historic ‘Roe v. Wade’ ruling from 1973 that established a woman’s right to an abortion.

‘The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled, and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives,’ …

Abortion Denial Row Sparks Massive Outcry In Croatia

Abortion Denial Row Sparks Massive Outcry In Croatia

May 21, 2022 6:02 am

A trending heart-rending case of a woman denied an abortion by four hospitals despite the foetus having an aggressive tumour on Saturday sparked an outcry over women’s rights in largely Catholic Croatia.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that despite the procedure being legal in the European Union member, Mirela Cavajda is now being forced to have a termination in neighbouring Slovenia.

The case comes on the heel of a political storm in the United States over fears abortion rights there are being undermined, with the landmark Roe v. Wade case that guaranteed a woman’s right to choose reportedly under …

Alabama's Near-Total Abortion Ban Blocked By Federal Judge

Alabama’s Near-Total Abortion Ban Blocked By Federal Judge

October 29, 2019 2:20 pm

Energized by new conservatives on the US supreme court, Alabama and other conservative states have attempted to enact new restrictions on abortion in the hopes of getting supreme court justices to reconsider Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide.

A number of states attempted to ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected. The Alabama law went further by attempting to ban almost all abortions with no exceptions for cases of rape and incest.

Passed by the Republican-led legislature, the 2019 Alabama Human Life Protection Act would make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy …

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Pope condemns abortion as use of ‘paid killer’

May 25, 2019 10:29 am
Pope Francis reiterated Saturday that abortion is unacceptable, saying its use amounted to the hiring of a “paid killer.”

“Is it lawful to eliminate a human lift to resolve a problem? It is lawful to hire a paid killer to resolve a problem,” Francis asked during a conference at the Vatican on the use of abortion when the unborn child is found to have a serious illness.

“No human being can ever be incompatible with life,” he said, adding: “Every child is a gift that changes the history of a family… and this child needs to be welcomed, loved and

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