by APFLI | Dec 22, 2015 | Abortion - Archive, Legislation / Court Cases, Right to Life - Archive
Sierra Leone’s Parliament voted to legalize abortion, approving the Safe Abortion Bill 2015. The new law will permit abortion on demand for the first trimester, and in certain exceptions later in pregnancy. The bill’s sponsor, Isatu Kabia, argued abortion...
by APFLI | Dec 22, 2015 | Abortion - Archive, Legislation / Court Cases
The Dominican Republic’s high court has ruled a new law legalizing abortion is unconstitutional. The law, strongly supported by the president, would have permitted abortion in cases of rape, incest, and in cases where the unborn child had a disability. The case...
