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Abortion law protesters back on the streets of Poland after young woman denied termination dies

The death of a 30-year-old woman in Poland has reignited protests against Warsaw’s near total-ban on abortions, with activists claiming that she is the first official victim of the country’s controversial ban on termination. In a rally organized by Women’s Strike, protesters passed through Krakow and the capital on Monday. Demonstrators lit candles to mourn […]

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27 policewomen injured in clashes with abortion rights activists in Mexico City (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)

Protesters tore down fences outside the National Palace and vandalized buildings in Mexico City on International Safe Abortion Day. More than 20 female police officers were hurt in the clashes, a senior security official said. Women marched across Mexico’s capital and other cities on Tuesday, banging drums and wearing green scarves, which have become the […]

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Majority-Catholic San Marino decriminalizes abortion, over 77% vote to abolish 1865 law in historic referendum

San Marino, a predominately Catholic microstate surrounded by Italian territory, has voted to legalize abortion, thus rendering obsolete a more than century-old law that punished women with imprisonment for getting one. About 77.3 percent of those eligible to vote in the referendum answered “yes” to the question whether women should be allowed to “voluntarily terminate […]