Posted by: pinkpangea on: August 1, 2009
Condoms are available in most large pharmacies in Mexico, but other forms of contraception are more difficult to find. When birth control pills are available, they can be purchased without a prescription. Emergency contraception is available over the counter in clinics in Mexico, in the following brands: Alterna, Glanique, Ladiades 0.75, Ladiades 1.5, [...]
Posted by: pinkpangea on: July 27, 2009
Since last year, there has been an increase in the number of girls between the ages of 10 to 14 who underwent legal abortions in Brazil, because they were raped and impregnated by family members. In Brazil, abortion is currently only legal to save a woman’s life or if the woman was raped. [...]
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 [...]
Posted by: pinkpangea on: July 6, 2009
The Zambian government recently initiated abortion guidelines in order to reduce the number of deaths of pregnant women. According to Health Minister Kapembwa Simbao, thirty percent of the deaths of pregnant women in Zambia occur as a result of complications from unsafe abortions.
“Government Acts to Prevent Safe Abortions“: Lusaka Times, June 9, 2009.
