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White House Frowns At ‘Destructive’ Arizona Abortion Ban Ruling

White House Frowns At ‘Destructive’ Arizona Abortion Ban Ruling

The United States White House has on Saturday frowned at a court ruling  which had been made in Arizona that also imposes a near-complete ban on all the abortions in the southwestern United States state while describing it as “catastrophic, dangerous and unacceptable.”

It had been reported that on Friday, a judge in Arizona’s Pima County had also made a ruling that the stricter ban which had also been first imposed in 1864, before Arizona was a state — must be enforced.

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“If this decision stands, health care providers …

Access To Safe Abortions Important To Save Lives - WHO Chief

Access To Safe Abortions Important To Save Lives – WHO Chief

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday stated that access to safe abortions saves lives, while reaction to a leaked draft ruling which revealed that the US Supreme Court was mulling ending nationwide legal abortions.

Speaking on Wednesday, WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that ‘restricting access to abortion does not reduce the number of procedures’, although he didn’t explicitly mention the US case.

‘It drives women and girls towards unsafe ones’ he said in a tweet which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York.

‘Access to safe abortion saves lives.’

His comments is coming on …