Zenit News reports that Chile has approved the sale of the abortifacient “morning-after pill” by prescription. https://www.zenit.org/english/archive/0103/ZE010320.htm#3719
A bill has been introduced in Nepal which would allow abortion in the case of rape, incest, or alleged danger to a woman’s life. Moreover, a married woman would be allowed to abort a child of up to 12 weeks’ gestation with her husband’s consent. (CNN as reported by SPUC news digest) https://asia.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/03/20/nepal.women/index.html
A British woman has died after amniocentesis. She contracted an E. coli infection during the test. https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1229000/1229861.stm
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said Tuesday she is set to fire the Philippines’ chief censor after her government was slammed for allowing the exhibition of an explicit sex film. Nicanor Tiongson, the chairman of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board allowed “Live Show” a movie about men and women who perform live sex acts on stage in nightclubs. https://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_249507.html