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What's Happening in Queensland?
On April 16, 2009, a young Queensland woman, 19-year-old Tegan Leach, was charged in the Cairns Magistrates’ Court with procuring her own abortion, and her partner Sergie Brennan, 21, was charged with attempting to procure and supply drugs to procure an abortion.
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Abortion in the Middle East
The bare bones of every country’s abortion policies are available on the United Nations website:
http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2007_Abortion_Policies_Chart/2007_WallChart.xls
This table shows the situation in those countries which are the heart of the Middle East . Using the 2007 update of a chart originally published by the UN in 1999, there are two changes. Fetal impairment was included as grounds for abortion in Jordan, and removed in Iraq.
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Canada's Abortion Law
In Canada, abortion is a health matter, not a criminal offence and it has been this way for the last 21 years. This move, from crime to health, was largely the result of two extraordinary factors: the courage of Dr Henry Morgentaler on the one hand and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on the other. Undeniably, without the perseverance of advocates and health providers as well, the change could not have happened.
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Update: Abortion in Ireland
As the Guttmacher Institute reports, legal restrictions on abortion do not affect its incidence. Which raises the question, what would an anti-abortion victory in New Zealand look like? Quite possibly, it would look like present-day Ireland. Here’s an update on what Irish women face.
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Abortion in Egypt
As the Guttmacher Institute reports, legal restrictions on abortion do not affect its incidence. Which raises the question, what would an anti-abortion victory in New Zealand look like? Quite possibly, it would look like present-day Ireland. Here’s an update on what Irish women face.
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