Posted by: pinkpangea on: August 1, 2009
Emergency contraception is available without a prescription. Abortion is illegal, except in cases when the woman’s life, physical or mental health are at risk. The spouse’s consent is required. In order to perform an abortion on the grounds of mental health, fetal impairment, rape, or incest, the approval of two specialists is needed.
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Posted by: pinkpangea on: July 25, 2009
Abortions are only legal if a woman has become pregnant due to rape or incest, or if her health is at risk. Contraceptives are widely available and government hospitals provide the contraceptive pill for free, or for a donation of about five baht. But, these pills contain a high-dose of oestrogen hormone and might [...]
Posted by: pinkpangea on: July 24, 2009
Nationalists and Unionists demand that abortion laws be extended to Northern Ireland, in the case of rape and incest. Labor MP Emily Thornberry suggested that as a compromise, Ireland could pay for women to travel to England to have the procedure. Abortion is currently illegal in Ireland, except in cases where pregnancy threatens the mother’s [...]
Posted by: pinkpangea on: July 6, 2009
Last month, the Imo Abortion Bill, which was heavily sponsored by the International Project Assistance Services, a prominent abortion lobbying group in Nigeria, was defeated 13 to 1. As a result, women cannot have an abortion in the case of sexual assault, rape, incest, and in scenarios where pregnancy endangers the woman’s mental and [...]
