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The Supreme Court in the United States has overturned the Americans' constitutional right to get an abortion in a ruling and upheld the abortion ban implemented in one of the States, Mississippi, after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The ruling cited the US constitution and said it does not guarantee abortion rights directly or through another rights. The ruling by the apex court in the country has laid out a precedent for grave consequences in days to come that may not be visible today. Although the court's decision isn't barring abortion across the US, it is, however, opening windows for arguments over the legality of abortion in state legislatures. Impediments to come following recent ruling Unlike earlier, States will now look for opportunities to prohibit or regulate abortion base...

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Abortion Laws Tightened In Poland: Women’s Rights Aborted

Agamapar ChadhaApril 30, 20210

Today the media is fixated on the protests. Opinions and, from a conservative point of view, question the idea of abortion ever since the ‘Roe V Wade’ was overturned in the US. This overturning has led to a complete total ban on abortion in 15 out of 50 states in the US except for risk to a mother’s life. However, this same strictness could also be found in Polish abortion laws, which went one step further on 22nd October 2020 almost to ban abortion in its entirety. After ending its communist rule 30 years ago, Poland has had quite staunch Catholic beliefs. Due to this, it had the strictest abortion laws in all of Europe. The only three conditions under which could legally abort included: foetal abnormality, a risk to the mother’s life and cases of incest and rape. There was an a...