Abortion Cases
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Bombay HC raps police for forcing doctors to reveal identities of minor girls seeking abortion
Maharashtra | Jul 30, 2025, 04:47 PM ISTThe Bombay High Court has strongly rebuked the police for insisting that doctors disclose the identities of minor girls seeking abortions, calling it harassment and a violation of a 2022 Supreme Court ruling. The court was hearing a petition from a Mumbai-based gynaecologist.
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US okays 1st over-the-counter birth control pill; Now get contraceptive pill as easily eyedrops
World | Jul 14, 2023, 12:04 AM ISTHormone-based pills have long been the most common form of birth control in the U.S., used by tens of millions of women since the 1960s. Until now, all of them required a prescription.
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African conservatives to ban abortion despite women facing insult for becoming pregnant pre-marriage
World | Jul 02, 2023, 02:48 PM ISTBenin legalized abortion less than a year before the US Supreme Court ruling, though Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, allows abortion only to save the mother’s life.
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US abortion ruling could mean 'loss of other rights': Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
World | Jun 26, 2022, 07:53 AM ISTTrudeau called the court’s decision “horrific” and voiced concern that the ruling could someday allow a rollback of legal protections for gay relationships, including the right for same-sex couples to marry.
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Family in forced abortion case harassed in China
World | Jun 26, 2012, 05:59 PM ISTBeijing, Jun 26: A relative says the Chinese father of a forcibly aborted baby has been beaten and forced into hiding, while his wife and other family members have been labeled traitors by fellow townspeople.The