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Supreme Court ends federal right to legal abortion in US
WASHINGTON DC, United States- The Supreme Court today, Friday, June 24, 2022, extinguished the constitutional right of Americans to abortion, ending the 49-year reign of Roe v. Wade and ensuring a tsunami of outrage from women, who could see reproductive rights roundly restricted in half the country.
Pope to allow all priests to forgive abortion during Holy Year
REUTERS
Pope Francis will give all priests discretion during the Roman Catholic Church's upcoming Holy Year to formally forgive women who have had abortions, in the Argentine pontiff's latest move towards a more open and inclusive church.
UPDATE: Kandy James gets sentence reduced to 3 years
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – (Posted: 11:10 A.M.) Kandy James, who was sentenced to 7 years in prison in 2011 for procuring a substance could have resulted in a miscarriage and three years for assault occasioning actual bodily harm, has successfully appealed for a reduction in prison time.
Abortion plotters on remand, apologise to victim
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Kandy James had concealed her identity while she chocked and hit a then pregnant 17 year-old girl while her lover Akeem Richardson inserted abortion pills down her throat on the evening of February 28, 2010 in a Road Town hotel.
Social inquiry needed in abortion couple's sentencing
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Social inquiry reports for Kandy James and Akeem Richardson, a couple who tried to terminate the pregnancy of Richardson’s ex-girlfriend, are key in their sentences that have been re-scheduled for December 5, 2011.
Couple in abortion plot pleads guilty!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Akeem Richardson and Kandy James, a couple who tried to terminate the pregnancy of Mr. Richardson’s ex-girlfriend in 2010, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and administering a poison or other noxious thing with the intent to procure a miscarriage when they appeared in the High Court this morning, Tuesday October 18, 2011.