Abortion and reproductive health rights

The Alabama Constitution contains several provisions relevant to matters of reproduction, marriage, and freedom of religion.

Under Alaska Statutes §§ 13.52.050–.060, the state restricts certain health care decisions by agents or surrogates and imposes obligations on providers and institutions. Section 13.52.050 prohibits an agent or surrogate from consenting to procedures classified as exceptional, such as abortion, sterilization, or psychosurgery, except when the patient’s own express instruction permits.

Alaska Statutes §§ 14.30.360 and 14.30.361 jointly establish the framework for health, personal safety, and reproductive education in the state’s public schools. Section 14.30.360 encourages school districts to offer health education from kindergarten through grade twelve. This education may include instruction in personal safety, with specific attention to the identification and prevention of child abuse, abduction, neglect, sexual abuse, and domestic violence.

This is an amending Act to the Crimes Act 1958 (Victoria).

Article 40 of the Turkish Civil Code, at the time of this application, required the courts to grant authorization to persons wishing to change their gender assignments and have gender reassignment surgery that (i) persons requesting such change be over the age of 18 and unmarried and (ii) there be an official health council report from an education and research hospital certifying that (a) they are transgender, (b) gender reassignment is necessary fo

In 2004, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal or “STF”) considered a claim brought by the National Trade Union of Health Workers and ANIS (Institute of Bioethics, Human Rights, and Gender) to determine whether terminating a pregnancy in which the fetus suffers from anencephaly (absence of major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp) violates the prohibition on abortion as set forth in Brazil’s Penal Code.

In Judgment No. 2019/AL/66, the Liège Labour Court of Appeal held that the dismissal of an employee on the grounds of her desire to become pregnant and the period of incapacity certified by her doctor following a miscarriage was discriminatory. The employer was ordered to pay compensation. The Court found that the employer failed to demonstrate that the dismissal was based on legitimate, non-discriminatory grounds such as a company reorganization or professional misconduct.

Ministerial Order No. 001/MIGEPROF/2023 of January 12, 2023 relating to child welfare, Rwanda, entered into force on January 17, 2023

Ministerial Order No. 002/MoH/2019 of April 8, 2019 determining the conditions under which a physician may perform an abortion, Rwanda, entered into force on April 8, 2019

Ministerial Order No. 002/MoH/2019, enacted under Law No. 68/2018, sets the conditions under which a physician may perform an abortion. Abortion is permitted in the following circumstances:

X was a 14-year-old girl who became pregnant and suicidal after being raped.  Her parents tried to take her to England in order to obtain a first-trimester abortion that was illegal in Ireland, but the Attorney General obtained an interim injunction from the High Court restraining the girl and her parents from leaving the country for a period of nine months or from arranging an abortion for her.