In 2011, the first “fetal heartbeat” bill was introduced in Ohio. The tactic was seen as too extreme to ban abortion effectively, but a decade later it may pay off.
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A substandard health system devotes its resources to men
May 11
By: Neeta Lal
Bindiya Kumari, 26, a farmer from Dumaria village, located 175 km from capital city Patna in India’s poorest state of Bihar, has had two miscarriages since her marriage in 2018. Her plight sadly is neither rare nor exceptional. She and millions like her are the victims of a grossly substandard health care system that seriously neglects women and whose defects have been tragically magnified by the second wave of the coronavirus that has been ripping through the country.
The nearest hospital in Dumaria is 20 km away, Kumari says, so each time her delivery date arrived, the arduous journey to a medical facility in a rickety bus caused excessive bleeding, resulting in the death of her two unborn children.
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India’s amended abortion law still gives doctors, not women, the final say in terminating pregnancy
The liberalised law allows termination of pregnancy up to 24 weeks, but only for special categories of vulnerable women. Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters
The terms for abortion have been liberalised in India after an amended
law received the President’s assent on March 25. But gender and reproductive rights activists are disappointed that the law still does not recognise abortion as a woman’s choice that can be sought on-demand, as is the
practice in 73 countries.
These are the key changes that the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021, has brought in:
New bill in the Missouri House would force women to bury or cremate aborted fetuses
April 28, 2021
The Missouri GOP, led by Rep. Hannah Kelly (R-District 141), introduced HB 431, or the “Safeguarding All Children’s Remains to Ensure Dignity Act.” The Act would, among other things, force a person having an abortion to either hold a funeral for or cremate the aborted fetus.
The bill is the same as HB 2402, also sponsored by Kelly, that was proposed in 2020 but is not currently scheduled to be heard in the House.
Kelly who describes herself as “one hundred percent pro-life” sponsored the bill to enact even stricter regulations on Missouri women. Missouri currently requires a 72-hour waiting period for women to get an abortion.