{"id":40381,"date":"2018-02-07T09:58:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T09:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=40381"},"modified":"2018-02-07T09:58:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T09:58:32","slug":"referendum-abortion-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/referendum-abortion-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Referendum on Abortion Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Prime Minister of which of the following countries recently announced a referendum regarding the removal of stringent laws on abortion in the country?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Norway<br \/>\n(b) Sweden<br \/>\n(c) Ireland<br \/>\n(d) Australia<br \/>\n<strong>Answer: (c)\u00a0<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nRelated Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>In January 2018, the Prime Minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar announced a referendum regarding the removal of stringent laws on abortion in the country.<\/li>\n<li>On January 30<sup>th<\/sup>, 2018, Leo Varadkar of Indian origin had convened a special meeting of Cabinet for detailed discussion regarding referendum on the eighth Amendment in the Constitution of Ireland.<\/li>\n<li>During this referendum, voters will be asked whether they want to uphold the amendment or take it back or they want to give full authority to legislation on abortion.<\/li>\n<li>Referendum will be held between May-June, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>It is noteworthy that an amendment in 1983 in Irish constitution recognizes the equal rights to life of a foetus and the mother during pregnancy.<\/li>\n<li>In this country of Roman Catholicism, there is strict restriction against abortion in comparison to entire Europe.<\/li>\n<li>Abortion permission is granted only in rare cases when the woman&#8217;s life is in danger.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference: <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/jan\/29\/ireland-to-greenlight-referendum-on-abortion-law-reform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/jan\/29\/ireland-to-greenlight-referendum-on-abortion-law-reform<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/jan\/26\/majority-in-ireland-in-favour-of-relaxing-abortion-laws-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/jan\/26\/majority-in-ireland-in-favour-of-relaxing-abortion-laws-poll<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2018\/01\/29\/europe\/ireland-abortion-referendum-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2018\/01\/29\/europe\/ireland-abortion-referendum-intl\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Prime Minister of which of the following countries recently announced a referendum regarding the removal of stringent laws on abortion in the country? (a) Norway (b) Sweden (c) Ireland (d) Australia Answer: (c)\u00a0 Related Facts: In January 2018, the Prime Minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar announced a referendum regarding the removal of stringent laws [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1149],"tags":[2369],"class_list":["post-40381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pls","tag-places"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}