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New students forced to take pregnancy tests |
 ...ed state control over the personal lives of its people.
Till nowadays a birth out of wedlock in China is a taboo and heavy-handed administration of the one-child policy, this also includes forced abortions. The right groups mentioned that the one-child policy is very common in poor rural areas of the country.
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Anti-abortion Activist Life Sentenced for Murder |
 ...Anti-abortion opponent was given a life sentence for murdering a doctor who performed abortions. James Kopp wrote that he saved several children by killing the doctor.
James Kopp, 52 year old man, who was fighting against abortions, killed Barnett Slepian, a doctor, in front of his children and wife. He was convicted on the charge of second-degree murder and given a life sentence in addition to 10 years on federal ch... |
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Woman lives with needles inside her body |
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Chinese family planning policy gives a priority to boys and this still especially actual for rural areas. There are also a lot of cases where woman knowing she is expecting a girl decides on abortion or even killing a baby at birth.
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4D Ultrasounds Challenge Abortion Laws |
 ...n the time when the foetus can be considered a person.
Dr Kristin Savell, of the University of Sydney, Australia, says that people would be more willing to change current regulations on late-term abortions.
The 4D scan gives a strong visual imagery giving a video-quality view of the foetus in real time. With this scientific improvement, one can see the small features like eyes and lips that can be distinguished fo... |
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Male Birth Selection to Cause Dramatic Social Imbalance |
 ...lt in severe social imbalance, such as trafficking of women and increase of sexual violence.
The latest study conducted by the United Nations Population Fund(UNFPA) implies that such practices as abortion of unwanted female foetuses may have serious consequences for society.
Many Asian countries, like Viet Nam and Nepal, India and China adopted the preferences for sons, when they were often seen as ancestors and t... |
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Chinese Party Expelled For Breaching One-Child Policy |
 ...ceptions were made to families were the first child was a girl, increasing traditional preferences for male babies. Male birth selection practiced in several countries led to numerous cases of forced abortions and imbalance of sex ratio at birth.
The one-child policy was meant to slow down the rapid population growth, but some wealthy couples can afford to have second child, paying the fine. Chinese authorities say ... |
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Women Use the Web to Have Abortions |
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Some women, who live in countries where laws heavily restrict abortions, apply to the Internet in order to purchase medications that allow aborting pregnancy at home. Women from more than 70 countries that restrict abortions, including Northern Ireland, used a website called Women on Web, as the main source to obtain the necessary medications.
The British Journal of Obstetrics and Gyneacology performed a review of 40... |
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New Federal Regulation to Consider Birth Control Pills an Abortion |
 ... of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced plans to introduce new regulations that would make it more difficult for women to get access to common birth control. The changes are made to protect antiabortion healthcare workers from providing services that contradict their personal beliefs.
The controversial regulation was considered too broad to redefine abortion in terms of including commonly-used birth control pill... |
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