Between the codification and rejection .. The abortion file is still controversial in the world

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The issue of abortion is controversial in the world. In the last 25 years, there has been a great trend toward liberalizing laws, which is in contrast to a series of restrictions recently approved in the United States. Abortion.

– The issue of abortion is one of the main issues at the center of the US presidential race 2020.

– The state of Alabama has passed legislation banning abortions since the beginning of pregnancy, and imposing harsh punishment on doctors who drag them.

– The US state of Georgia banned abortion once the fetal heartbeat was detected.

– The states of Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio have agreed to ban abortion as soon as the fetal heartbeat is detected, which usually occurs in the sixth week of pregnancy.

– US President Donald Trump defended new legislation in a number of US states against abortion, saying he was "a strong supporter of life"He said.

– The House of Representatives in the state of Missouri passed a bill to combat abortion with the approval of 110 deputies against the rejection of 44 others.

– Northern Greenland Island, North America, where abortion rates increase.

– Since 2013, there have been about 700 births and 800 abortions annually, on the island of Greenland.

– Argentina passed a law on abortion law last year, but the Senate has rejected it. Since then, supporters of abortion have been organizing marches and campaigns to put pressure on candidates for the presidential elections scheduled for late October.

– Argentine society as well as political parties in the country are divided on the bill since it was initiated by President Mario Macready, who said he opposes abortion.

– Argentines can only be legally aborted in the event of rape or danger to the health of pregnant women

– NGOs indicate that there are 500,000 abortions per year.

– Pope Francis Pope Benedict XVI opposes abortion even in cases where there are signs of a serious illness or deformity.

– In Mexico, the High Court of Justice decided in May that women could resort to abortion if their health was at risk, after a 40-year-old woman filed a request to prevent torture.

Abortion is permitted only, in accordance with articles 333 and 334 of the Criminal Code, when a woman's life is in danger or violated.

– Abortion in Venezuela is punishable on the basis of the right to life specified in Article 43 of the Constitution.

– Articles 432, 433, 434 and 435 of the Venezuelan Criminal Code describe abortion as punishable except when the mother is at risk of death.

– Cuba abolished the criminalization of abortion in 1979, although since 1961 it has already been implemented in medical institutions by a decision of the Ministry of Health.

– In Colombia, abortion was criminalized 13 years ago: when the life of the mother or the fetus is endangered, when the pregnancy is the result of rape and when the birth is not viable.

May 4, 2019 The 50th anniversary of legalization of abortion on demand in Canada

– Abortion in Canada causes the deaths of more than 4 million unborn children, in addition to the continued death of about 300 children every day.

– The file of abortion still ignites controversy in Morocco, and the parliament is still working on issuing a law to regulate the matter, despite the intervention of King Mohammed VI 3 years ago.

– In Morocco, between 600 and 800 cases per day are illegal abortions, while abortion complications account for 4.2% of all maternal deaths.

– As of 2010, Spain has adopted the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Abortion Act, which allows free abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy and within the first 22 years if there is a risk to pregnant women or the fetus.

– In Spain, abortions have decreased since the 2010 law came into effect: there are 19,000 fewer cases per year for illegal abortion.

– 5% of the world (90 million women) in countries where abortion is absolutely prohibited, even when women's lives are at risk, such as El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

– In Honduras there are 42 prisoners on charges of abortion.

– 23 % (386 million women), where they can abortion for social and economic reasons, there are 14 countries.

– 22% (359 million women of childbearing age) live in countries where abortion is only allowed when it saves women's lives.

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