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abortion in Israel

Dr. Noya Rimalt, a University of Haifa law professor at the forefront of Israel's battle for full reproductive freedom (Courtesy)
July 15, 2022, 2:24 pm
Podcast: Law prof. looks at Roe vs. Wade and woman’s right to choose in Israel
Dr. Noya Rimalt, a University of Haifa law professor, discusses Israel’s legal path toward reproductive freedom
By ToI Staff
The empty assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 27, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 28, 2022, 2:25 pm
Daily Briefing June 28: Abortion reforms pass; Knesset takes next step to elections
Carrie Keller-Lynn recaps another tumultuous day in the Knesset, Aaron Boxerman updates us on Hamas hostages, Amanda Borschel-Dan discusses a seafaring mosaic’s journey home
By ToI Staff
An abortion clinic (illustrative image: AP/Czarek Sokolowski)
June 27, 2022, 4:18 pm
Israel eases access to abortion, days after US Supreme Court overturns Roe vs Wade
New rules allow drug-induced early-term abortions at clinics, end requirement for in-person approval by intrusive committees; health minister hails reforms as opposite to US ruling
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Extra blankets and pads are stored under a bed where women getting abortions rest before and after their procedures, Oct. 9, 2021. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)
June 26, 2022, 10:50 pm
After Roe reversal, Israel’s end-of-pregnancy approval panels come under scrutiny
Head of hospital committee charged with vetting abortions says Israel ‘liable to fall like America,’ advocates free access to procedure in first trimester
By ToI Staff
Illustrative -- The Ziv Medical Center in Safed on March 14, 2018 (David Cohen/Flash90)
June 2, 2022, 2:05 pm
Abortion reform: Approval panels stay; early terminations go from hospital to clinic
Report says controversial committees won’t be eliminated, but drug-induced abortions will be done at local HMOs instead of hospitals; application forms will drop archaic questions
By ToI Staff
Animatronic bank tellers at Gringotts Bank, part of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando, Florida, are seen on June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
January 5, 2022, 2:07 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 5 – Israel’s draconian abortion process & J.K. Rowling’s goblins
US correspondent Jacob Magid updates us on a new development in PA-US tit-for-tat politics and reporter Carrie Keller-Lynn goes in-depth on humiliating procedures for abortions
By ToI Staff
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz gives a press conference at Soroka Medical Center in the southern city of Beersheba, on November 30, 2021. (Flash90)
December 1, 2021, 11:28 am
Health minister planning shake-up of ‘ridiculously outdated’ abortion rules
Horowitz intends to make process easier, end lengthy wait for appointments in some parts of country; current regulations require permission from committees to end a pregnancy
By ToI Staff
An illustrative photo of an ultra-Orthodox wedding. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
January 6, 2021, 1:38 am
How Israeli ultra-Orthodox women have taken back their reproductive rights
‘Conceiving Agency’ by Michal Raucher explores the ways in which women in the insular community use pregnancy, abortion, and birth control to carve out an independent space
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
An illustrative photo of an IDF commander at a swearing-in ceremony for female recruits on February 18, 2015 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Flickr)
October 23, 2018, 3:40 pm
IDF to provide morning-after pills in effort to decrease abortions
Treatment to join a range of services army provides to discreetly prevent unwanted pregnancies
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Sheva Enaim women's health clinic in Beersheba. (Screen capture: Google Maps)
March 25, 2018, 8:08 pm
Abortion clinic secretary indicted for giving private info to religious group
Two others also charged with passing names of women about to have procedures to the ‘Hidabroot’ organization, which tried to dissuade them
By ToI Staff
Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas speaks at an event on Capitol Hill honoring EFRAT, an Israeli group that discourages abortion, June 15, 2017. (Shmuel Lenchevsky)
June 20, 2017, 3:32 am
GOP shooting dominates Israeli anti-abortion group’s anniversary celebration
Speakers at event say attack on Congress members a reminder of the sanctity of life
By Giovanna Paz
Yoseif Bloch
April 2, 2017, 7:50 am
Yoseif Bloch
Another D&C day
He’s relieved that the emotional agony he and his wife share isn’t compounded by government intrusion
Alexandra Berger-Polsky
January 1, 2017, 3:14 pm
Alexandra Berger-Polsky
Keep your rabbis out of our uteruses!
It’s high time to trust women to make their own calls on abortion; MK Glick’s Monday statement ignores their rights instead
Varda Spiegel
October 21, 2016, 3:04 pm
Varda Spiegel
Let the mother live!
Trump’s late-term abortion comments were so wrong-headed that she cannot remain silent
Illustrative photo of a Magen David Adom ambulance outside an Israeli hospital (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
From the WebDecember 6, 2015, 3:05 pm
Palestine’s abortion problem
Around 40 percent of Palestinian women have had illegal abortions. Foreign Policy reports on where they go
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