The Prohibition of Abortion Act

The Committee observes with concern that abortion is illegal in all cases under the law of the State party.

Abortion Abortion is illegal in Pakistan.

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Subject matter Abortion

H. Abortion

It does not consider abortion or access to abortion to be a dimension of that term.

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Of the total number of abortions, most (68.0 ) are performed in the first trimester of pregnancy (induced abortions).

2.5.2 Abortion

As regards maternal mortality in Mexico, the fourth cause of death is complications arising from abortion this category includes not only induced abortions but all types, including spontaneous abortions.

The original case challenging the constitutionality of the restrictive abortion law was brought by indigenous MAS deputy Patricia Mancilla (in her personal capacity).

I say NO to prison for abortion, I say NO to Poland where miscarriage is a crime CzarnyProtest pic.twitter.com B4fYUEqI2Q Ela Żywiczyńska ( rosiomak) 21.

The backlash against Poland's controversial legislation is no longer restricted to Poles, either.

Lawmakers also voted to dismiss another piece of legislation that would have taken Polish reproductive rights in the opposite direction, liberalizing existing laws.

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The high rate of deaths from failed abortions was an argument for the Government not to restrict safe abortions.

The Committee recommends that the State party's legislation on abortion include other motives for performing legal abortion with a view to preventing illegal abortion.

In El Salvador, abortion is prohibited without exception.

The number of illegal abortions is unknown.

According to the Namibian Police, abortion in Namibia has been reported as follows

The proposed reforms continue to define abortion as a punishable offence, but maintain the important exception for therapeutic abortion. Specifically, they provide that therapeutic abortion is not punishable if the procedure has been approved by a committee of three specialists from the Ministry of Health and the pregnant woman has given consent.

Before June 2013, Macedonia had a rather liberal abortion law. Women could undergo the surgical intervention without being subjected to a mandatory waiting period and counselling.

Pro life rally in Bolivia. Photo shared by EmisorasUnidas on Twitter, February 14, 2014 Bolivia doesn't decriminalize abortions, but it eliminates judicial authorization in legal cases.

The Ministry of Health proposed a draft law on abortion in 1996 but it was withdrawn in 1999 because a majority of Namibians were not in favour of the law. That means more work needs to be done, to sensitize the community on the danger of illegal abortion.

Namibia's Abortion and Sterilization Act (Act 2 of 1975) makes it a crime for a woman to seek an abortion, or to terminate her own pregnancy, except in very narrow circumstances.

The legalization of abortion on request in South Africa in 1998 saw abortion related deaths drop by 91 .

She stressed that the criminalization of abortion forced women to seek clandestine abortions and prevented them from seeking medical care in case of complications.

I was told that the next day at the event, abortion was discussed.

He emphasizes that the procedures of abortion are not regulated by the State.

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Restricting access to legal abortion leads many poor women to seek abortion from unsafe providers.

The total number of abortions and legally induced abortions per 1000 women in fertile age has decreased by more than a half in the past 10 years.

The hashtag czarnyprotest ( BlackProtest ) is trending in Poland today, as thousands of people share photos of themselves dressed in black to protest against legislation that would criminalize almost all kinds of abortion and toughen the country's already severe anti abortion laws.

Since the June 2013 imposition of a more restrictive abortion law, however, abortion in Macedonia has become not only bureaucratized, but also a complicated and drawn out procedure exacerbated by the already unfavorable climate regarding the termination of pregnancy.

Selection of children need not involve abortion.

In 1974, abortion was legalised in France.

In response to question 11, Ms. Narain (Mauritius) said that under section 235 of the Criminal Code, any person who procured or consented to use the means of procuring an abortion or facilitated or administered an abortion would be subject to imprisonment.

This argument evokes the 1960s controversy over alleged efforts by the U.S. Peace Corp to sterilize indigenous women, which resulted in the Peace Corps expulsion from Bolivia.

Under the Law on Sexual and Reproductive Health, adopted in 2003, an abortion could be performed only on the basis of a woman's own decision, for compelling medical reasons or in cases of pregnancy as a result of rape.

Although a majority of countries in Africa and Latin America have laws prohibiting abortion in most circumstances, official bans do not prevent high abortion rates.

They point out that abortion kills a unique, living human individual.

The Committee is deeply concerned about the high rate of abortion of the girl foetus.