A global review of laws on induced Abortion, 1985-1997

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 56-64

  Rahman, Anika ^a   Katzive, Laura ^b   Henshaw, Stanley K ^c  

^a International Program

^b Ctr for Reproductive Law and Policy   (United States)

^c GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; STATISTICS; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, LEGAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN;

EID: 0002657050     PISSN: 01622749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2991926     Document Type: Article

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14. Great Britain: Abortion Act 1967 (c 87) as amended by Human Fertilization and Embryology Act 1990 (c37), § l(a); Taiwan: Eugenic Protection Law of 1984, chap. III, art. 9, translated in Annual Review of Population Law, 1984, Vol. 11, p. 345; Zambia: Termination of Pregnancy Act, Act No. 26 of 1972, art. 3(1)(a)(iii) reprinted in International Digest of Health Legislation, 1973, 24:448-19; Finland: Law No. 239 of 1970 on the interruption of pregnancy, art. 1(2), translated in International Digest of Health Legislation, 1970, 21(4):699-700; India: Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, op. cit. (see reference 11); and Japan: Protection of Mothers' Bodies Act, Law No. 105 of June 26, 1996, chapt. III, art. 14(1).
15. Great Britain: Abortion Act 1967 (c 87) as amended by Human Fertilization and Embryology Act 1990 (c37), § l(a); Taiwan: Eugenic Protection Law of 1984, chap. III, art. 9, translated in Annual Review of Population Law, 1984, Vol. 11, p. 345; Zambia: Termination of Pregnancy Act, Act No. 26 of 1972, art. 3(1)(a)(iii) reprinted in International Digest of Health Legislation, 1973, 24:448-19; Finland: Law No. 239 of 1970 on the interruption of pregnancy, art. 1(2), translated in International Digest of Health Legislation, 1970, 21(4):699-700; India: Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, op. cit. (see reference 11); and Japan: Protection of Mothers' Bodies Act, Law No. 105 of June 26, 1996, chapt. III, art. 14(1).
16. Great Britain: Abortion Act 1967 (c 87) as amended by Human Fertilization and Embryology Act 1990 (c37), § l(a); Taiwan: Eugenic Protection Law of 1984, chap. III, art. 9, translated in Annual Review of Population Law, 1984, Vol. 11, p. 345; Zambia: Termination of Pregnancy Act, Act No. 26 of 1972, art. 3(1)(a)(iii) reprinted in International Digest of Health Legislation, 1973, 24:448-19; Finland: Law No. 239 of 1970 on the interruption of pregnancy, art. 1(2), translated in International Digest of Health Legislation, 1970, 21(4):699-700; India: Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, op. cit. (see reference 11); and Japan: Protection of Mothers' Bodies Act, Law No. 105 of June 26, 1996, chapt. III, art. 14(1).
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18. Belgium: Law of April 3, 1990, on the termination of pregnancy, ameding art. 350 of the Penal Code, translated in Annual Review of Population Law, 1990, Vol. 17, p. 336; and Italy: Penal Code (Ulrico Hoepli, 1992), art. 5.
19. United States and Puerto Rico: Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833, 869-877 (1992); Netherlands: Retting E, Netherlands, in Rolston E and Eggert A, eds., Abortion in the New Europe, Westport: Greenwood Press, 1994, pp. 173 & 180; and Singapore: Termination of Pregnancy Regulations of October 1, 1987, art. 3(2), reprinted in Annual Review of Population Law, 1990, Vol. 17, p. 348.
20. United States and Puerto Rico: Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833, 869-877 (1992); Netherlands: Retting E, Netherlands, in Rolston E and Eggert A, eds., Abortion in the New Europe, Westport: Greenwood Press, 1994, pp. 173 & 180; and Singapore: Termination of Pregnancy Regulations of October 1, 1987, art. 3(2), reprinted in Annual Review of Population Law, 1990, Vol. 17, p. 348.
21. United States and Puerto Rico: Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833, 869-877 (1992); Netherlands: Retting E, Netherlands, in Rolston E and Eggert A, eds., Abortion in the New Europe, Westport: Greenwood Press, 1994, pp. 173 & 180; and Singapore: Termination of Pregnancy Regulations of October 1, 1987, art. 3(2), reprinted in Annual Review of Population Law, 1990, Vol. 17, p. 348.