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Jiah Khan`s mother to seek fresh probe in her death, wants US help

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 21:20

Jiah`s mother today said she would move the Bombay High Court seeking reinvestigation of the case by a Special Investigating Team or CBI.

French minister slams Spain`s `Stone Age` abortion law

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 23:31

A Spanish plan to tighten abortion laws will take women back to the Stone Age, French Social Affairs Minister Marisol Touraine said.

State abortion ultrasound law illegal: US judge

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 09:16

North Carolina law requiring women who want abortion to have ultrasound and then have medical provider describe image to them is violation of constitutional free-speech rights, federal judge ruled.

New Irish law clarifies abortion grounds

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 19:00

A law permitting abortion for the first time in Ireland has come into force, more than a year after the death of an Indian woman, who was refused abortion, highlighted the lack of legal clarity.

Argentina court grants abortion for teen rape victim

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 10:51

The teenage girl discovered early last month that she was pregnant after being raped by her mother`s partner.

Spain government takes tough stand on abortion

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 09:32

The Spanish government has given its consent to the tough abortion law that would not allow Spanish women to freely choose an abortion during the early stages of pregnancy.

Doctor caught red-handed doing abortion during raid

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 22:35

In a raid conducted by a team of health department officials, a female doctor was on Thursday caught red-handed for carrying out abortion in outskirts of the city here.

Six arrested for forcible abortion of newly-wed woman

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 22:53

The Thane Police arrested a couple and their three children for allegedly harassing a newly-wed woman and forcing her to abort after she became pregnant, the police said here Thursday.

US Supreme court upholds new Texas abortion law

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 15:31

A divided US Supreme Court has refused to block implementation of a controversial law limiting abortions in Texas that will force a third of clinics in America`s second-largest state to stop performing the procedure.

Topless women disrupt anti-abortion rally in Spain

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 09:38

An anti-abortion rally in Spain by Christian groups has been disrupted by a five topless women from the feminist group Femen chanting "Abortion is sacred."

US judge overturns controversial Texas abortion rule

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 08:34

A federal judge has overturned a controversial restriction imposed on abortion providers in Texas, deeming it an unconstitutional "undue burden" on women seeking to terminate pregnancies.

Topless women stage pro-abortion protest in Spain

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 15:06

Women from the feminist group Femen have staged a topless protest in the Spanish Parliament against the conservative government`s planned abortion law reform.