The Abortion Act 1967 does not extend to Northern Ireland.

Politicians from the unionist and nationalist parties in Northern Ireland joined forces on 20 June 2000 to block any extension of the Abortion Act 1967 to Northern Ireland where terminations are only allowed on a restricted basis.

Abortion in the Republic of Ireland is illegal unless a woman's life is endangered by the continuation of her pregnancy due to possibility of suicide.

Abortion is an important political issue in Ireland.

* Abortion in the Republic of Ireland

In this period it was the main political organisation involved in the Dublin Abortion Rights Group which organised the successful ' X-case ' demonstration which pressured the Irish courts to overturn an injunction preventing a pregnant 14-year-old rape victim from leaving Ireland to have an abortion in England.

She characterized her views later when asked in 1993 about a 14 year old rape victim in Ireland, " Abortion can never be necessary ... because it is pure killing.

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Pro-choice organizations like Planned Parenthood, the National Abortion Federation, and Choice Ireland have criticized CPCs ' dissemination of false medical information.

Abortion, even for therapeutic reasons, is absolutely forbidden, as is sterilization, even if temporary.

* Abortion is legalized in Italy for the first time.

Abortion is considered murder.

Pelosi voted against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 and earlier attempts at similar bans, and voted against the criminalization of certain situations where a minor is transported across state lines for an abortion ( HR 748, passed ).

More importantly, the Research Center for Ruminant Abortion and Neonatal Mortality Studies is currently considered to be a Center of Excellence of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

Abortion is also accepted in the Weyr, while Holders and Crafters believe abortion to be " evil.

For the purposes of sections 58 and 59 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861, and any rule of law relating to the procurement of abortion, anything done with intent to procure a woman's miscarriage ( or in the case of a woman carrying more than one foetus, her miscarriage of any foetus ) is unlawfully done unless authorised by section 1 of the Abortion Act 1967 and, in the case of a woman carrying more than one foetus, anything done with intent to procure her miscarriage of any foetus is authorised by the said section 1 if the ground for termination of the pregnancy specified in subsection ( 1 )( d ) of the said section 1 applies in relation to any foetus and the thing is done for the purpose of procuring the miscarriage of that foetus, or any of the other ground for termination of the pregnancy specified in the said section 1 applies.

Abortion is free to residents, 82 % of abortions were carried out by the National Health Service.

Abortion is only permitted for serious reasons.

Abortion in Canada is not limited by the law ( on-demand, no time limit ).

The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (,, PBA Ban ) is a United States law prohibiting a form of late-term abortion that the Act calls " partial-birth abortion ", often referred to in medical literature as intact dilation and extraction.

He is one of the four Republicans who voted against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act which was passed by the House of Representatives with 281-142 votes on October 2, 2003.

Shays is partially pro-choice on abortion but voted for the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.

He is also a supporter of the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, which seeks to prohibit the taking of minors across state lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.

Abortion in New Zealand is currently legal in cases where the pregnant woman faces a danger to her life, physical or mental health, or if there is a risk of the fetus being handicapped, in the event of the continuation of her pregnancy.

Jackson's high point in the campaign was a distant third in the early Florida primary, but he failed to stand out of the pack of better known rivals, and only made real news later in the campaign as part of the " Stop McGovern " coalition, that raised what would be known as the " Acid, Amnesty and Abortion " questions about McGovern.

Kaptur was one of only sixteen Democrats to vote in favor of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act on May 4, 2011.

Prior to this ruling, section 251 of the Criminal Code, allowed for abortions to be performed at only accredited hospitals with the proper certification of approval from the hospital's Therapeutic Abortion Committee.

A Therapeutic Abortion Committee ( commonly known as a TAC ) refers to a Canadian committee of three medical doctors who would decide whether an abortion fit an exemption to the Criminal Code of Canada, which only permitted lawful abortion if continuation of a pregnancy would cause a woman medical harm.

Abortion clinics were illegal under this law ; in Québec only, authorities concluded in the 1970s that the law was unenforceable after a number of unsuccessful criminal cases against doctors.

Hospitals had Therapeutic Abortion Committees only if they opted to provide abortions, and there was and is no requirement that they do so.

Abortion can only be legally performed in Brazil if the pregnancy puts the life of the woman in danger or if the pregnancy is the result of a rape.

' To these women I can only say: ' Abortion is still legal '.

Abortion has been legal on a wide number of grounds in England and Wales and Scotland since the Abortion Act 1967 was passed.

It helped organize protests demanding legal abortion through the Women's National Abortion Action Coalition.

Abortion in the United States has been legal in every state since the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade.

In the province of Prince Edward Island the lone Therapeutic Abortion Committee shut down and there were no legal abortions in the province after 1982.

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In Great Britain, the Abortion Act of 1967 clarified and prescribed abortions as legal up to 28 weeks.

Abortion in France is legal on request for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy ( first trimester ).

It campaigned effectively after World War II for the elimination of legal obstacles to abortion and the peak of its work was the Abortion Act 1967.

Abortion is permitted by Judaism and it is legal in Israel.

" In conclusion, " Abortion must not be regarded as an alternative to contraception, nor is it to be justified merely as a method of birth control ./ The termination of any form of human life cannot be regarded superficially and abortion should not be available on demand, but should remain subject to a legal framework, to responsible counselling and to medical judgement.

In reference to those cases in which men who do not desire to become fathers have been required to pay child support, Melanie McCulley, a South Carolina attorney, in her 1998 article, " The Male Abortion: The Putative Father's Right to Terminate His Interests in and Obligations to the Unborn Child ," set forth the theory of the " male abortion ," in which she argues that men should be able to terminate their legal obligations to unwanted children.

Heartbeat International started in 1971 under the name Alternatives to Abortion, in response to increased liberalization of abortion laws in several states, which would eventually culminate in Roe v. Wade, making abortion legal across the United States.