Indian rape victim -The story of the 10-year-old pregnant rape victim from India finally ended with the episode of a cesarean birth of a healthy baby by her young mother. The underaged rape victim who was denied permission for an abortion by the Indian Supreme Court last month has given birth to a baby girl. The … Read more
10-year-old pregnant! The victim (name withheld) was living the day as usual when she started feeling pains in her abdomen… It has shocked Chandigarh and the rest of India, that of a girl of only 10 years got pregnant. The saddest and most horrible part of this news is that the little girl was raped … Read more
India’s Supreme Court has refused to allow an abortion for a 10-year-old girl, allegedly raped by her uncle, on the grounds that she is too far into her pregnancy. A doctors’ panel told the court that, at 32 weeks, termination of the pregnancy would be “too risky”. Her pregnancy was discovered two weeks ago when … Read more
India’s Supreme Court has refused to allow an abortion for a 10-year-old girl, allegedly raped by her uncle, on the grounds that she is too far into her pregnancy. A doctors’ panel told the court that, at 32 weeks, termination of the pregnancy would be “too risky”. Her pregnancy was discovered two weeks ago when … Read more
A teenager who survived rape before giving birth to a stillborn baby in a bathroom has been jailed for 30 years. The 19-year-old was locked up in El Salvador because her child died during her pregnancy. Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez Cruz has been sentenced for ‘aggravated homicide’. The ruling is part of staunchly conservative laws on … Read more
Over 100 youth living in Israel, a fishing community located within Bukom, a suburb of Accra, have been vigorously sensitized on the dangers of illegal abortion under a project dubbed ‘Abortion 360’. They were also advised to always adopt the practice of comprehensive abortion care (CAC) to stay out of danger. The youth, usually made … Read more
The UN Human Rights Council unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday condemning abuse and discrimination of women, but Washington refused to back one paragraph mentioning access to safe abortions. The strongly-worded resolution, tabled by Canada, expressed “outrage at the persistence and pervasiveness of all forms of violence against women and girls worldwide,” calling on countries to … Read more
Activists in the US state of Ohio have been inspired by The Handmaid’s Tale in their protest against a bill placing more restrictions on abortion. Several women held a silent protest in red robes and white bonnets – like the characters in the dystopian novel and TV series where fertile women are captured and forced … Read more
The Republican governor of Texas on Tuesday convened state lawmakers for a special summer session as he seeks to advance a string of controversial proposals, including abortion curbs and a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people in America’s second most populous state. The move by Governor Greg Abbott will extend a particularly tumultuous period of lawmaking … Read more
File photo, the victim was said to be carrying a 4 month old pregnancy A 16 year-old girl has died after attempting to commit abortion in the Bekwai district of the Ashanti region. Akos, was believed to be carrying a four-month old pregnancy, Rainbow Radio’s Abdul Malik Anokye has reported. The deceased, according to sources, … Read more
A suspected fake doctor who demanded sex as payment for terminating the pregnancy of a woman has been arrested at Chorkor Lantey Maami, near Bukom, in Accra. The man, identified as Godwin Dadzawa, 41, is said to have sexually abused the woman and extorted money from her. The suspect, who claims to be a graduate … Read more
Godwin Dadzawa, 41, who posed as a medical doctor and performed illegal abortions for ladies at La, Chorkor, Lante – Maame and its environs, has been arrested by the La Police. Godwin was arrested when one of his victims, whom he had locked up in a room after performing the abortion for her for four … Read more
A suspected fake doctor who demanded sex as payment for terminating the pregnancy of a woman has been arrested at Chorkor Lantey Maami, near Bukom, in Accra. The man, identified as Godwin Dadzawa, 41, is said to have sexually abused the woman and extorted money from her. The suspect, who claims to be a graduate … Read more
A panel of doctors has met in India to discuss the case of a 10-year-old rape victim who is seeking an abortion. The girl was repeatedly raped by her stepfather and is due to give birth in about four months, police in the northern town of Rohtak told the BBC. He has been arrested and … Read more
Thiri’s heart started pounding and her whole body shook after she swallowed the final dose of pills that would end her unwanted pregnancy in a Yangon hotel. Her boyfriend had abandoned her after finding out she was pregnant — a familiar story in Myanmar, where many consider women “ruined” if they have sex before marriage. … Read more
Statistics from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) show that reported cases of abortion among adolescents in the Brong Ahafo Region increased from 1,161 in 2015 to 1,224 last year. This represents 12.7 per cent of the national figure, making the region the third highest region with reported adolescent abortion cases. However, at the national level, … Read more
Brong Ahafo Region recorded 1,224 cases of unsafe abortion among teenagers in 2016, the Ghana Health Service report has revealed. The report said the figure represented 12.7 percent of 9,612 cases of unsafe abortion recorded in the country within the period. Mr Raphael Godlove Ahenu, the Chief Executive Officer of Global Media Foundation (GLOMEF), an … Read more
Indian police said Wednesday they have arrested a man on suspicion of burying his newborn daughter alive because he wanted a boy. Local villagers rescued the baby over the weekend after spotting her feet sticking up from a shallow sand pit in farmland in the Jajpur district of the eastern state of Odisha. The 35-year-old … Read more
Brong Ahafo Region recorded 1,224 cases of unsafe abortion among teenagers in 2016, the Ghana Health Service report has revealed. The report said the figure represented 12.7 percent of 9,612 cases of unsafe abortion recorded in the country within the period. Mr Raphael Godlove Ahenu, the Chief Executive Officer of Global Media Foundation (GLOMEF), an … Read more
Brong Ahafo Region recorded 1,224 cases of unsafe abortion among teenagers in the 2016, the Ghana Health Service report has revealed. The report said the figure represented 12.7 percent of 9,612 cases of unsafe abortion recorded in the country within the period. Mr Raphael Godlove Ahenu, the Chief Executive Officer of Global Media Foundation (GLOMEF), … Read more