The Attorney General challenged rulings by the Eighth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals striking down a federal law that imposed a ban on “partial abortions.” The Circuit Courts had held that the law was unconstitutional because it failed to provide an emergency health exception and subsequently endangered the lives of women seeking abortions.
The 2018 Act permits (i) abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy by a medical practitioner who has a certified, reasonable good-faith opinion that the pregnancy has not exceeded 12 weeks (Section 12); (ii) where two medical practitioners have a good-faith opinion that that there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman, that the fetus has not yet reached viability, and that it is appropriate to carry out the termination of pregnancy to avert these risks (Section 9), or that there is a condition affecting the fetus that is likely to lead to the d
This law criminalizes female genital mutilation (“FGM”), except if surgery is required for medical reasons and carried out on the basis of medical prescriptions. An individual found guilty of performing FGM of any kind, or assisting in the performance of the mutilation, can face up to three years in prison and a fine of up to 3,000,000 francs. If the mutilation was carried out on a minor, the prison sentence is between three to five years.
Judgment C-355/06 on the constitutional right to abortion in Colombia (2006)
Files: D- 6122, 6123 and 6124
Judgment T-301/22 Maria v. the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute and the Ibagué Prison and Penitentiary Complex, Constitutional Court of Colombia (2022)
File: T-8.134.842
The plaintiff was a physician who challenged the constitutionality of a Nebraska law prohibiting “partial birth abortions” except where necessary to save a mother's life. The law additionally outlined that doctors found to be in violation of the statute would automatically have their state licenses to practice medicine revoked.
This report by LGBT Human Rights Center “Our World” contains a comprehensive analysis of the situation of the LGBTQ community in various spheres of social life, including relations with state and law enforcement agencies, the church, and the general public. The experts also investigated violations committed by the occupation authorities. The authors draw attention to legislative shortcomings in Ukraine in terms of regulating the status of LGBTQ communities.
