Indian Express (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
The Niketa Mehta case has forced the Union Health Ministry to mull changes in the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.
merinews - citizen powered media (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
There are two aspects to abortion  moral and economic and the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1972 presumably attempts to address both cases. In Mehta's case the Bombay High Court has done right by affirming the sanctity of life.
merinews - citizen powered media (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
No one wants their child to be born with physical incapabilities and abnormalities, so should the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971 be changed? Yet again, the ruling given by Bombay High Court on Mehtas case raises this question.
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
While Niketa Mehta's abortion plea has raised questions about India's Medical Termination of Pregnancy...
"GroundReport (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
The Bombay High Court dismissed the petition of Mumbai-based woman, seeking permission to terminate her pregnancy apprehending abnormalities in the 24-week-old foetus. An expert committee of doctors, appointed to examine the case of a would-be mother seeking medical termination of pregnancy (MTP), has said the foetus has "least chance" of having a congenital handicap at birth. Petitioners Niketa and...
Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
A couple from Mumbai — Niketa and her husband Haresh Mehta — have moved the Bombay High Court and have demanded an amendment to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971. The couple have challenged a rule that bans abortions after the 20 th week of pregnancy. 25-week pregnant Niketa and her husband Haresh [...]
Catholic Action UK (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Action: NI residents must respond to the consultation and spread the word. Find it here . From CFNews: The Northern Ireland executive has launched a consultation on the termination of pregnancy. It comes at the height of the holiday season in the province, where the 1967 Abortion Act does not apply. Mrs Betty Gibson, SPUC chairwoman in Northern Ireland, said: 'Publishing the draft guidance now means...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The Assembly having rejected , in October last year, the previously proposed Department of Health draft guidelines on termination of pregnancy , the Health Minister Department of Health have now re-drafted those guidelines - guidelines which took 3 years to draft and which the Department, after a lengthy court battle , had to be instructed by a High Court ruling to produce . The newly proposed draft...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
The Media Monitoring Project (MMP) has called on the South African media to refrain from presenting a biased, prejudicial and unfair reporting around the issue of legal abortion as set out in the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (TOP) Act of 1996.
"GroundReport (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
In a case of assisting a woman in illegal termination of pregnancy by conducting an ultrasound test for the purpose of sex determination, the court of judicial magistrate (first class) Muktsar, on Tuesday, sentenced a doctor to three-year rigorous imprisonment along with Rs 5,000 fine. The court found the doctor guilty of conducting the test and changing the records later to avoid punishment. According...
RealChoice (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
The autopsy report for 22-year-old Joan Camp attributed her death to "complications apparently as a result of a recent termination of pregnancy." Joan had been found unconscious in the morning on May 18, 1985. She was rushed to Memorial Hospital in San Leandro, California, where doctors tried to save her life. Their efforts were futile. Joan died the next morning, May 19, 1985, from clots in her lungs....
Tony's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Nadine Dorries is a former director of BUPA . BUPA has a number of clinics/hospitals approved for the termination of pregnancy under the Abortion Act 1967, as amended . In common law and under the Companies Acts a company director is legally responsible for the actions of the company. SO: as well as having been a Nurse, Nadine Dorries has been an abortionist. She also seems to be the only voice the...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Pro-choice campaigners mark 40 years of legal abortion in Britain next week, but say their hard-won right is under pressure from pro-life activists trying to lower the 24-week limit for the termination of pregnancy.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Pro-choice campaigners mark 40 years of legal abortion in Britain next week, but say their right is under pressure from pro-life activists trying to lower the 24-week limit for the termination of pregnancy.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Pro-choice campaigners mark 40 years of legal abortion in Britain next week, but say their hard-won right is under pressure from pro-life activists trying to lower the 24-week limit for the termination of pregnancy.
