Topic: Law reform
ICELAND – Bill tabled in Parliament to allow Polish and Maltese women to have an abortion in Iceland
The law, trials and imprisonment for abortion in Malaysia
This report looks at the abortion law and access to abortion in Malaysia and reviews calls to change the law and access by sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and human rights advocates. The report ends with a discussion of the cases against medical professionals, and prosecutions of women for infanticide.
The law, trials and imprisonment for abortion in Senegal
This report looks at Senegal’s abortion law and policy, the prevalence of unsafe abortions, attempts to reform the law, the process of criminalisation of women, the extent of infanticide, and women’s stories, based on a range of published sources and valuable input from Senegalese human rights and women’s rights advocates.
The law, trials and imprisonment for abortion in Kenya
This report summarises the law and policy on abortion in Kenya and cases of trials and imprisonment for abortion between 2004 and 2017.