Abortions
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Haryana cracks down on illegal abortions: Two doctors' licenses suspended, three arrested
Haryana | May 20, 2025, 11:41 PM ISTOfficials informed the meeting that over the past week, 50 inspections were conducted across the state, leading to the closure of 25 MTP centres and the registration of three FIRs.
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Abortions to resume in Missouri after judge temporarily blocks regulations
World | Feb 15, 2025, 08:18 AM ISTPlanned Parenthood said most of its facilities could not comply with some of the licensing rules, including "medically irrelevant" size requirements for hallways, rooms and doors.
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EXPLAINER: The language, reach of new Texas abortion law
World | Sep 05, 2021, 08:45 AM ISTThe Texas law, pegged a “fetal heartbeat bill,” bans abortions at the point of the “first detectable heartbeat,” which could happen around six weeks into pregnancy.
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Texas lawmakers approve abortion ban as early as 6 weeks
World | May 14, 2021, 09:25 AM ISTTexas would ban abortions after as early as six weeks and allow private citizens to enforce the rule through civil lawsuits against doctors and others under a measure given final approval by state lawmakers.
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Health Ministry drops its contentious proposal in medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) bill
India | Feb 10, 2015, 06:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has finally decided to drop its own controversial proposal allowing midwives homeopaths and Ayush doctors performing abortions. The decision was taken in the wake of persistent pressures from the
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Revealed: over 50 abortions take place daily in Delhi government hospitals
India | Apr 30, 2014, 12:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: An RTI has revealed that over 50 abortions in Delhi take place in government hospitals.In four years, there were 88,188 abortions.Rajhans Bansal, the activist who filed the RTI, said: "The number of legal
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180,000 abortions in Delhi in five years
India | Oct 23, 2012, 08:18 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 23: More than 180,000 abortions took place in the Indian capital in the last five years, according to information provided to a RTI activist.The maximum number of cases came to light from