USA – Women Denied Abortion See Significant Financial Distress, Study Says

Women turned away from clinics due to gestational limits had increased financial problems compared with women who received an abortion, an analysis shows.

By Sarah True
Dec. 15, 2021

A peer-reviewed study recently accepted for publication offers what its authors say is the “first causal evidence” indicating that abortion denials due to gestational limits – such as the 15-week limit approved in Mississippi and recently debated before the Supreme Court – often lead to significant financial distress for women who are unable to obtain an abortion because of such restrictions.

The study, slated to be published in the American Economic Journal,
examines two groups of women: Those in a “Near Limit” group sought an abortion
just prior to a gestational limit – whether aligned with state law or an
earlier cutoff imposed by an individual clinic – and were able to terminate
their pregnancy. Those in a second “Turnaway” group were denied an abortion for
exceeding the limit by up to three weeks. Among the 217 of 292 women in the
Turnaway group for whom a birth outcome was known, the majority went on to give
birth after the abortion denial, while others either obtained an abortion
elsewhere or suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth.

Continued: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-12-15/study-women-denied-an-abortion-see-surge-in-financial-distress


France – The extension of the abortion period still challenged by Emmanuel Macron

Friday 26th November 2021

ABORTION – Emmanuel Macron has not changed his mind. On a “personal” basis, he remains opposed to extending the abortion period from 12 to 14 weeks. An opposition reaffirmed a few hours before his second meeting with Pope Francis.

It was on the plane to the Vatican that the President of the Republic gave an update on several topics that could be discussed (and tense) with the head of the Catholic Church. PMA, GPA, end of life but also abortion, the extension of which will be debated at the end of November in the National Assembly.

Continued: https://news.in-24.com/news/amp/318895


UK- Tory MP calls for debate on lowering legal time limit for abortions

Tory MP calls for debate on lowering legal time limit for abortions
Maria Caulfield says current 24-week limit is one of most liberal abortion laws in the world

Emily Hawkins
Fri 2 Mar 2018

Maria Caulfield, the Conservative party’s vice-chair for women, has called for a debate on reducing the 24-week time limit for women to receive legal abortions.

In remarks that drew criticism from Labour, the MP for Lewes said the 1967 Abortion Act – which applies to England, Scotland and Wales – was “one of the most liberal abortion laws in the world”.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/02/tory-mp-calls-for-debate-on-reducing-legal-time-limit-for-abortions


South Africa: When is an abortion legal?

When is an abortion legal?
21 Feb 2017
Ina Skosana

Find out when you can terminate a pregnancy and who should be doing it.

Abortion has been legal in South Africa for more than 20 years but many women are still having unsafe abortions, performed by unqualified people. Recent research by the global human rights organisation Amnesty International found that many women don't know abortion is legal in South Africa, nor the level of care they are entitled to.

Less than 7% of the country's 3 880 health facilities provide abortions, according to the Amnesty International briefing document released in February.

In South Africa, abortion is legal up to 20 weeks of pregnancy but who performs the procedure can differ depending on how far along the pregnancy is, according to the Choice of Termination of Pregnancy Act

Continued at source: Bhekisisa: http://bhekisisa.org/article/2017-02-21-00-when-is-it-safest-to-have-an-abortion


Australia: Almost crunch time for abortion law Bills

Cairns MP Rob Pyne. PICTURE: ANNETTE DEW

Kimberley Vlasic, The Cairns Post
August 17, 2016 4:00pm

QUEENSLAND women could legally undergo an abortion by medical professionals working under clear guidelines by the end of the year if a Cairns MP’s proposed reforms are successful.

Rob Pyne yesterday introduced a Private Member’s Bill, amending the Health Act, to Parliament. It aims to improve clarity around gestation time frames and reasoning for therapeutic termination of pregnancy and complements his other Bill decriminalising abortion.

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Source: The Cairns Post