The new anti-rape Bill will be taken up by the Union Cabinet Monday evening after it failed to achieve consensus at two all-party meetings. Sources told CNN-IBN that the key sticking point of lowering the age of consent for sex may have been solved with the government agreeing to keep it at 18 years. However, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur said, "We don't want the age to be ...
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Ireland on Tuesday announced it will legalise abortions when the mother's life is at risk, weeks after the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar who died after being refused an abortion in the European country. The decision comes after a huge public outcry over the death of 31-year-old Savita, who died on October 28 at Galway University Hospital. She had been 17-week pregnant and was found to be miscarrying. ...
01:15 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Ciarn Cannon, TD Ireland's Minister for Education and Skills talks about abortion law in Ireland and Savita's case. ...
06:02 PM, Nov 26, 2012
The Indian community in Ireland has assured all its support to Praveen Halappanavar, the husband of Savita who died after being denied a life-saving abortion by a hospital. ...
08:42 AM, Nov 25, 2012
Ireland has ordered a third probe into the tragic death of Indian doctor Savita Halappanavar after she was denied a life-saving abortion by a Galway hospital. ...
10:16 AM, Nov 24, 2012
The husband of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died after being denied abortion, questions the credibility of the Irish government probe. ...
10:41 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Pro-abortion campaigners are demanding compensation for the family of Savita Halappanavar, who died of complications after suffering a miscarriage and being denied an abortion. ...
08:56 AM, Nov 19, 2012
Maharashtra gets additional security, Bal Thackeray critical, but stable. Death of Indian woman in Ireland after being refused abortion sparks public, political anger. ...
11:54 PM, Nov 15, 2012
Irish Times reporter Kitty Holland, who first highlighted the case of the pregnant Indian woman's death, talks about the fallout of the incident. ...
11:48 PM, Nov 15, 2012
The tragic death of a 31-year-old Indian dentist in Ireland, Savita Halappanavar, has ignited public protests and political debate on the country's abortion laws that are based on Catholic principles. ...
11:26 PM, Nov 15, 2012
Several parts of the Maharashtra capital continue to wear a deserted look. Most parties, events and film shoots stand cancelled. ...
10:15 PM, Nov 15, 2012
A 31-year-old Indian woman dentist died in Ireland from blood poisoning after doctors allegedly refused to terminate her 17-week-long pregnancy. ...
09:36 AM, Nov 15, 2012
US Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin, under fire for his comments over rape and abortion, has decided to not withdraw from the race. ...
09:34 AM, Aug 22, 2012
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11:56 PM, Jun 11, 2012
The Maharashtra Women and Child Welfare Ministry will adopt the four daughters of a woman labourer from Beed district who died during an illegal abortion last month. ...
10:53 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Commenting on the Andhra Pradesh forced abortion incident, NCW Chairperson Mamata Sharma said that the 'baba' who ordered the act should be held. ...
01:34 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts if educated Indians are aborting girl child. ...
01:15 AM, May 26, 2011
New Delhi: A new study published in medical journal Lancet has some alarming findings; selective abortion has led to 7.1 million fewer girls than boys up to the age of 6. It is a gender gap that has widened by more than a million in a decade. The study also finds that in the last 30 years, an estimated 4 to 12 million girls were aborted because of their sex. ...
06:50 PM, May 25, 2011
It was in 1960 that the US Food and Drug Administration approved the medicine. ...
10:33 AM, May 10, 2010
A lot of women believe that a mother should have the right to give birth or abort. ...
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