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Morocco's Prime Minister declares support for abortion

Date: 11 January 2012
Source: New York Times


Morocco's Prime Minister has declared his support for allowing abortions in cases of rape and incest. This follows earlier statements from the social and family development committing the newly elected moderate Islamic party to a change in abortion law.

The government's new position on the issue was unexpected. The ruling party took a tough line on moral issues when it was in opposition. But the party appears to have shifted its opinion, in line with opinion polls showing that half of respondents wanted abortion to be legalised in cases of incest or rape.

february 2012

Morocco's Prime Minister declares support for abortion

Breast cancer remains under-diagnosed in developing countries

january 2012

Remembering David Kato, Ugandan gay rights activist

Spanish government plans to tighten abortion law

No more access for later term abortions in Australia

Newsletter highlights violence against women, Pakistan

Abortion safer than giving birth, new US study

New Brazilian law requires compulsory registration of all pregnant women

Calling young African women leaders - MILEAD Fellows Program applications

Women feel HIV threat is reduced after male circumcision, Kenya

Health, hunger and gender inequality are main threats to women, South Sudan

Abortion rates lower where laws are more liberal

Breast implant scandal raises outcry over private UK health providers

International code of practice to stop health worker brain drain

US woman imprisoned for self-administered abortion

Link found between FGM and mental disorders in Iraq

Right to abortion as emergency procedure, Norway

Pope reported to International Criminal Court for sexual violence and crimes against humanity

Saudi Arabia fears premarital sex if women drive

Twenty years of ICSI and 2.5 million children born

Publication: Global family planning providers' handbook updated

december 2011

Venezuela offers free removal of faulty PIP breast implants

Uruguay senate passes bill to legalise abortion

France to order removal of dangerous implants

Asia Pacific feminists gather in historic regional forum

Mali's new family law increases discrimination against women

UN report on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity

Abortion across Africa still needs legal backing

Lebanon's new nationality law only for men

Publication: Global standards for responsible ethics in research and publication

Publication: Surviving FGM

Human rights organisations abandon GBV campaigns, Egypt

Climate change and reproductive rights must be integrated

iPhone voice recognition shows anti-abortion bias

Undiagnosed HIV infections and low retention in care in the US

Set back for sex workers' rights in South Africa

Abortion clinic staff supported to fight back against harassment, US

Albanian and Lithuanian rights groups protest against rising domestic violence

TV talks about reproductive rights, Tajikistan

Russian parliament passes abortion bill

november 2011

Infant and maternal mortality rate halved, Afghanistan

Women and men march on Zimbabwe parliament to celebrate 16 Days of Activism

Ireland sets up expert group on abortion rights

Fistula hotline launched in Sierra Leone

Women journalists face violence across the world

Home births as safe as hospital, UK

Abortion hotline opened in Pakistan

Breaking the silence on abortion in Zambia

High levels of violence against marginalised women, South Asia

Pregnant young women expelled from school, Burkina Faso

Donors still not transparent about their aid programmes

Parliamentary debate on legal abortion, Argentina

New US policy for an AIDS-free generation sidelines reproductive health and rights

Rape cases soar in Somalia's camps

Silence and stigma after rape in Pakistan

Mississippi voters decide fertilised eggs are not people

UN Committee recommends that Peru eases abortion restrictions

Misconceptions leading to low participation rates in HIV vaccine trials

Mifepristone registered in Mexico

october 2011

Male circumcision and sexual difficulties, Denmark

New chlamydia treatment and vaccine hopes

Landmark decision establishes state's responsibility on preventable maternal death, Brazil

UN Member States stand up for women's reproductive rights in Ireland

Poll shows most Argentineans support abortion access

Creating tomorrow's abortion providers, Medical Students for Choice, US

Moroccan government to increase abortion access

Kenya grapples with counterfeit ARVs

Court conviction for harassment of women seeking abortion, Austria

Russian parliament seriously limits legal abortions

Pregnancy counselling centres, UK, show serious flaws

Life long advocate for women's right to choose, New Zealand

UK abortion law reform campaigner is remembered

Our Bodies Ourselves turns 40

september 2011

Cakes and the right to choose, UK

Mexico dismisses unconstitutionality claim

Supreme Court may annul state constitutions that restrict abortion, Mexico

Sudanese doctor freed after five years in jail for abortion

Referendum narrowly rejects abortion on request, Liechtenstein

Publication: The Lancet explores 9/11 and its aftermath

Polish parliament rejects two draft bills changing abortion law

Proposed new Russian law threatens women's reproductive rights

Save the NHS!! Call for the withdrawal of Lansley's Bill

august 2011

Women and girls forgotten in post-earthquake Haiti

UK man jailed for infecting partner with genital herpes, concerns raised about legislation

Condoms4Life gets visibility at Catholic World Youth Day, Spain

Pro-natalist policies in Eastern Europe hit young women hard

Australian advocacy to increase access to medical abortion, sex education and contraception

Pope arrives in Spain amid censorship controversy whilst Spanish archbishops affirm freedom of expression

UN special rapporteur on right to health releases report on right to abortion

Limited success for campaigns to end female genital mutilation/cutting, Kenya

Understanding the drivers of homophobia in Ghana

Sex for school fees in Madagascar

july 2011

Adding Value to Health: Global Health Workforce Alliance annual report 2010 now available

International Consortium for Medical Abortion, July newsletter

Lebanon: New Resource Center for Gender Equality

Panel recommends free contraceptives coverage, US

US House Foreign Affairs Panel favours 'Global Gag' rule on international funding for family planning services

Australian Catholic Church says sorry over forced adoptions

Midwives now permitted to perform medication abortions, France

Argentina: A groundbreaking decision on abortion

Russia enacts law opposing abortion

New data shows PrEP reduces risk of HIV among heterosexuals

States enact record number of abortion restrictions in 2011

Pro-choice demonstration in Poland

Publication: Progress of the World's Women

Update on PEPFAR anti-prostitution loyalty oath

Rainbow of colours and gender equality at innovative Brazilian school

Citizen's bill on abortion ban in Poland

june 2011

Court blocks South Dakota "crisis pregnancy centre" abortion law

Preventing gender-biased sex selection

RESURJ: Realising Sexual and Reproductive Justice

Pregnant women who lose babies face murder charges, US

Publication: The Great Wall of Vagina

Publication: WHO Guidelines on HIV and STIs among MSM and transgender people

Stop annulment of Women's Ministry in Turkey

Publication: The State of World's Midwifery 2011

Afghanistan is most dangerous country for women

UN Human Rights Council adopts first resolution on rights, sexual orientation and gender identity

Cosmetic procedures not hit by global financial crisis

Publication: Preventing gender-biased sex selection

Interim evaluation of OneLove campaign, South Africa

Publication: Putting women at the heart of the AIDS response

Irish coalition urged to clarify law on abortion

UK aid cuts hit health care, Malawi

For more than 200 million women, a world without options

Publication: African activists explore sexuality

may 2011

Indians increasingly use abortion to ensure male child

Publication: Global Health Sector Strategy on HIV/AIDS, 2011-2015

International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia

New mechanism to respond to violence against human rights defenders in the Americas

Swedish parliament votes to fight conscience rights for doctors

Study confirms HIV treatment prevents transmission

New publication: Queer Malawi

Uganda antigay bill going forward

Fundamentalists unite for complete ban on abortion, Poland

Cut off from health care, Palestine

april 2011

Publication: ICMA newsletter

Interagency statement on sex selection

New Hungarian constitution enshrines discrimination

Discontinuation of FEM-PrEP trial

Philippine President risks Church ire on contraception bill

First International HIV Social Science and Humanities Conference , 11-13 June 2011

Lancet series on stillbirths launched

march 2011

Locking up pregnant women: The new cure for mental health problems?

RHM protests against public service cuts and NHS privatisation

Protest in support of midwifery in Brazil

International hearing on rape epidemic in Haiti

Unprecedented UN support for sexual orientation and gender identity

Montevideo Declaration of Young Feminist Activists from Latin America and the Caribbean

The end of the one-child policy in China?

Day of giving thanks to providers of abortion care, USA

Imperial feminism, Islamophobia, and the Egyptian revolution