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Washington Post
14 hours ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
UK lawmakers consider decriminalizing abortion amid concern about increasing prosecution of women
LONDON — British lawmakers are preparing to debate proposals to decriminalize abortion amid concerns that police are using antiquated laws to prosecute women who end their own pregnancies. The House of Commons on Tuesday is scheduled to consider two amendments to a broader crime bill that would bar the prosecution of women who take steps to end their pregnancies at any stage.
Bloomberg
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Salvador-Style Emergency Powers On Track for Noboa's Ecuador
Fresh off his unexpectedly strong election win, Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, sworn in Saturday, is seeking to cement his authority with a crime bill that would give his government emergency powers of the kind used in El Salvador. The law is intended to rein in the drug and extortion gangs that have overrun the country, and would allow searches without warrants, preemptive pardoning of police and soldiers accused of human rights violations and expand the use of pretrial detention.
Bloomberg
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Bukele-Style Emergency Powers Are Coming to Noboa's Ecuador
Fresh off his unexpectedly strong election win, Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, sworn in Saturday, is seeking to cement his authority with a crime bill that would give his government emergency powers of the kind used in El Salvador. The law is intended to rein in the drug and extortion gangs that have overrun the country, and would allow searches without warrants, preemptive pardoning of police and soldiers accused of human rights violations and expand the use of pretrial detention.
