An update on issues relating to abortion,
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Abortion news: World
 
  25 August 2010

USA: Internet searches and abortion availability

A study by two Children’s Hospital doctors has found that searches on ‘abortion’ rise in areas with more conservative abortion policies or where the procedure is less available.

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  20 August 2010

USA: Anti-abortion campaigners turn on student insurance

A battle has broken out over abortion coverage in student insurance plans at the University of North Carolina. 

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  12 August 2010

USA: Poll finds that young Hispanics are less likely to be Catholic

An Associated Press-Univision poll of 1,500 Latino adults also found significant divisions on social issues such as same-sex unions and abortion, along lines of age, language and whether one is Catholic or Protestant.

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  12 August 2010

Ireland: Economic crisis and the abortion debate

An article published by Reuters suggests that the economic recession is encourging more women to seek abortions.

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  12 August 2010

Russia: Dairy boss threatens to sack women who have abortions

The head of a Russian dairy company has said the company would dismss Russian Orthodox Christian employees who have abortions or refuse a religious marriage.

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  11 August 2010

Argentina: Human Rights Watch criticises abortion provision

A report by the New York-based organisation claims that 40 percent of Argentine pregnancies end in abortion, most of which are carried out clandestinely and are the leading cause of maternal mortality.

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  4 June 2010

USA: Palin calls for conservative, anti-abortion feminism

Sarah Palin, the former governor for Alaska, has provoked a barrange of commentary with her claims that women who oppose abortion rights are responsible for an ‘emerging, conservative, feminist identity’ and have the power to shape politics and elections around the issue. 

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