US EditionAbortion: Parliament Finally Adopts Law to Rehabilitate Women Convicted of Abortion
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The measure provides for the recognition of the deaths and injuries suffered by women who committed clandestine abortions before the legalization of pregnancy in that country, five years ago.
The bill, passed on Thursday, concerns the thousands of people who were punished for having used or performed abortions before 1975, but it does not provide for a financial compensation mechanism.
Parliament unanimously adopted a memorial law recognizing the injustice of convictions for abortion before 1975, a gesture welcomed by feminist associations "A historic step forward"
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republicain-lorrain.frOn Thursday, Parliament adopted a bill to rehabilitate women who had been convicted of abortion before 1975, a historic step forward for associations which nevertheless regret the lack of compensation for the victims.
Parliament passed a memorial law, rehabilitating women convicted of abortion before the Veil Act of 1975. "A historic step forward" welcomed by feminist associations: Parliament
On Thursday, Parliament finally adopted the law empowering women convicted of having aborted before 1975. The law recognizes, inter alia, the violations by the State of women's rights and the suffering associated with clandestine abortions, without providing for financial compensation. An independent national commission will be responsible for transmitting the memory of these convictions. - Parliament finally adopts the law rehabilitating women …
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