{"id":43824,"date":"2018-03-23T09:48:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T09:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=43824"},"modified":"2018-03-23T09:48:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T09:48:53","slug":"abortion-referendum-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/abortion-referendum-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion Referendum Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: The government of which of the following countries recently approved the Abortion Referendum Bill?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Norway<br \/>\n(b) Switzerland<br \/>\n(c) Ireland<br \/>\n(d) Sweden<br \/>\n<strong>Answer: (c)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On March 8<sup>th<\/sup>, 2018 the Irish government approved the Abortion Referendum Bill.<\/li>\n<li>This referendum will be done at the end of the month of May.<\/li>\n<li>Under this referendum, Voters will be asked if they want to repeal article 40.3.3 \u2013 known as the eighth amendment.<\/li>\n<li>Amendment; since 1983 has given unborn foetuses and pregnant women an equal right to life, effectively enshrining a ban on abortion in the country\u2019s constitution.<\/li>\n<li>If voters votes in favour of repeal, the government has said it will introduce legislation permitting unrestricted abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.<\/li>\n<li>It is notable that currently, terminations are only allowed when the life of the mother is at risk.<\/li>\n<li>Maximum penalty for accessing an illegal abortion in the country is 14 years in prison.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/mar\/08\/irelands-government-approves-bill-paving-way-for-abortion-referendum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/mar\/08\/irelands-government-approves-bill-paving-way-for-abortion-referendum<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-42868035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-42868035<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-43333158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-43333158<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: The government of which of the following countries recently approved the Abortion Referendum Bill? (a) Norway (b) Switzerland (c) Ireland (d) Sweden Answer: (c) Related Facts: On March 8th, 2018 the Irish government approved the Abortion Referendum Bill. This referendum will be done at the end of the month of May. Under this referendum, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1139],"tags":[476],"class_list":["post-43824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lj","tag-law-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43824","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=43824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43824\/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\/43474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43824"}],"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=43824"},{"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=43824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}