More than 300,000 babies die within 24 hours of being born in India each year from infections and other preventable causes, a report said Tuesday, blaming a lack of political will and funding for the crisis. India accounts for 29 percent of all newborn deaths worldwide, according to the charity…
Ireland introduces proposal to clarify the legality of emergency abortions
The tragic, preventable death of Savita Halappanavar in October 2012 stirred international outrage over Ireland’s restrictive abortion law, and spurred the country to revisit its ban on the procedure in all cases except when a woman’s life is in danger. On Wednesday, the Irish government released a proposal that would maintain the current ban on the procedure, but “clarify” when it is legally permissible to perform an emergency, lifesaving abortion.According to the bill, abortions would be legally allowable when:Two medical practitioners, have, in accordance with this head, jointly certified in good faith that there is a real and substantial risk of loss of the pregnant woman’s life other than by way of self-destruction and in their reasonable opinion this risk can be averted only by that medical procedure.The measure also makes clear that an abortion may be performed in situations in which there is an “immediate risk of loss of the pregnant woman’s life” and the procedure is deemed “immediately necessary.”Continue Reading… … Read More
Children vulnerable in Syria’s conflict
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