AbortionLakshrni Dhikta judgmentNepalRights to abortionRural women's rightsSupreme Court of NepalOnce notoriously known for having one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world, Nepal...doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.05.001Upreti, Melissa
Globally, women face many barriers in the attainment of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Since 2002, the legalisation of abortion in Nepal has seen significant progress in the expansion of safe abortion and family planning services. This
For over four decades, political and social advocates from Nepal's medical and public health communities, sup- ported by women's rights activists, pushed for the liberal- isation of Nepal's restrictive abortion laws, finally resulting in the legalisation of surgical abortion (manual vacuum as- ...
A total 304 of women who received safe abortion services during the eight-month period from 8 clinics of Family Planning Association of Nepal (FPAN) constitute the sample size of the study. Maternal education was a strong predictor of abortion. The most cited reason for resorting to abortion ...
The parliament of Nepal voted overwhelmingly in March to legalize abortion in that country up to 12 weeks of pregnancy and as late as 18 weeks in cases of rape or incest. The Nepali action continues the worldwide trend toward liberalization of countries’ abortion laws. Other than Poland, ...
near-fever pitch. For the first time in decades, more Americans identify as “pro-life” than “pro-choice.”14 In 2011 alone, 67 abortion-restricting laws were enacted, in addition to a flurry of budget restrictions placed on family planning funding and re- productive health care facilities...
she says that something like 4,000 women get turned away from clinics every year because of gestation time limits—exactly what are getting more restrictive under the six-week bans. if those laws go into effect, that number will likely go up. it’s true, though, that poverty is only a ...
Worse still, TRAP laws not only limit women’s legal right to abortion but also jeopardize their health in the process. To date, the legal arguments related to abortion in the U.S. have largely centered on the right to privacy. In the hallmark case of Roe v. Wade, the ...
willing woman easy access to them. Separate laws related to abortion are necessary because under existing provisions, abortion has been included in the chapter of ‘Homicide’ in the Country Code. This suggests we still attach moral value to abortion rather than treating it in strict legal terms...
In Colombia, 2% of women surveyed did not receive the abortions they were seeking; in South Africa, 45% of women did not receive abortions on the day they were seeking abortion services. In both Tunisia and Nepal, 26% of women were denied their wanted abortions.The denial of legal ...