Democrats attack Trump running mate J.D. Vance's past comments on abortionDemocrats are targeting Senator J.D. Vance on abortion issues, highlighting his past comments as evidence that Republicans may push for str...
18 Jul, 2024, 07.58 AM IST
This US state allows surgical castration as punishment for sex crimes against children. Will other states follow it?The new Louisiana law will apply to certain aggravated sex crimes, including rape, incest and molestation against a child under the age of ...
22 Jun, 2024, 08.02 PM IST
DeSantis signs Florida GOP's 6-week abortion ban into lawThe governor's office said in a statement late Thursday that he had signed the legislation. The ban gives DeSantis a key political victory ...
14 Apr, 2023, 05.31 PM IST
US Judge blocks near-total abortion ban in Indiana. Details hereAn Indiana district judge issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday ending one of the most stringent abortion bans in the United States C...
22 Sep, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
Texas Governor Greg Abbott defends abortion ban, advises rape victims to take plan BTexas Governor Greg Abbott stood in favor of the state’s abortion ban which does not consider the crime victims as an exception. He suggest...
04 Sep, 2022, 06.51 PM IST
Indiana becomes first state to implement abortion ban post SC rulingIndiana has become the first state in the US to establish a stringent abortion restriction after the Roe Vs Wade ruling by the US Supreme C...
06 Aug, 2022, 07.10 PM IST
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspends elected attorney Andrew Warren for opposing abortion banRon DeSantis, the governor of Florida, has suspended Andre Warren, the elected attorney, for publicly promising that he would not enforce t...
05 Aug, 2022, 06.52 PM IST
Indiana Senate bans most abortions as Bill heads to HouseThe state of Indiana passed a bill banning the most of the abortions angering women's rights groups and lawyers as the bill heads toward th...
01 Aug, 2022, 12.15 PM IST
Abortion access threatened in half of US statesThey differ in how they ban abortions. Idaho provides exceptions for rape or incest but Kentucky only does so if the pregnant woman's life ...
24 Jun, 2022, 09.29 PM IST
Oklahoma's ban on abortion fears a cascading effect in the Southern part of U.SGovernor Kevin Stitt has taken the extreme step of banning abortion in Oklahoma, which could go against current care seekers in the state.
26 May, 2022, 09.53 PM IST
Oklahoma lawmakers approves nation's strictest and most restrictive abortion lawsEarlier this week, Oklahoma legislators passed a bill banning nearly all abortions, the latest and most severe measure to be approved in th...
20 May, 2022, 08.56 PM IST
Idaho passes new bill to ban abortionOn March 14, 2022, Idaho passed a strikingly similar bill to Texas' law, stating that any abortion after the child's heartbeat is detected ...
15 Mar, 2022, 08.50 PM IST
Parliament passes bill to raise upper limit for abortions to 24 weeks in special casesRajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to raise the upper limit for permitting abortions from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks for "special c...
16 Mar, 2021, 06.27 PM IST
Government plans equal abortion rights for single womenIn a move that will make it easier for single women to safely and legally terminate unwanted pregnancies, the health ministry has recommend...
25 Sep, 2019, 03.34 PM IST
- Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar death prompts law review in Ireland
The historic new bill, which will have to be passed, will allow for limited legal termination where there is a threat to the mother's life.
01 May, 2013, 03.11 PM IST
Justice delayedRecently, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described the scams involving his government as "aberrations" - a deviation from the proper expecte...
18 Feb, 2011, 03.56 AM IST
- Now, Moily drags feet on anti-gay law
With religious groups placing homosexuals on the same moral plane as practitioners of incest, the government appears to be losing the stami...
30 Jun, 2009, 03.16 AM IST