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: 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 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 23, 2009
The grand imam of Al-Azhar, Egypt’s top Islamic body, issued a fatwa allowing a woman who was raped and previously a virgin to have an abortion at any time during her pregnancy. Other clerics argued that it was impossible to determine whether a woman was previously chaste and that allowing abortion during the pregnancy, [...]
Posted by: pinkpangea on: July 17, 2009
With 50,000 rapes reported a year — almost 150 a day — and many more that are never reported, South Africa has one of the highest rates of sexual assault in the world. Only half of the rapes lead to arrests, and only seven percent result in convictions. In a recent survey, 28% [...]
Posted by: pinkpangea on: July 15, 2009
As an amendment to the Afghan law which allows men to force their wives to have sex with them, men in Afghanistan can now starve their wives if they refuse. According to Muslim law, Afghan male rapists can go free if they marry their victims.
“Afghanistan Legalizes Rape, Starvation of Women“: Examiner.com, July 11, 2009.
Posted by: pinkpangea on: July 9, 2009
A 32-page report was just released denouncing the rampant rape, and violence and threats against women that go unpunished in Afghanistan. Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, women are still targets of honor killings, trafficking, abduction, forced marriages, and domestic violence.
“Afghan Women Victims of Widespread Rape: UN“: AFP, 7/8/09.
Posted by: pinkpangea on: July 8, 2009
Maureen Webster, founder of Mexicovacationawareness.com has reported that many women who have traveled to Mexico on vacation, have a common theme in their vacation memory — rape. Webster explains that there is “lack of concern on the part of Mexican authorities regarding the rape reports.”
“How Safe is Travel to Mexico?”: Exponent.com: July 7, [...]
